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Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program

Website/Report

(not documented)

Project lead

Partnerships

North and South Burdekin Water Supply Scheme

Burdekin Haughton Water Supply Scheme

CSR

Sunwater

CRC Landscape Environments and mineral Exploration

Queensland Government (DPI&F)
Queensland Government (EPA)

NR&M

Canegrowers
Conservation Volunteers Australia

CSIRO

WCA

BSC

BSES

Burdekin-Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee

Industries

(not documented)

Activities

On-ground work, Monitoring

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP)

Funding amount

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In-kind contribution

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Start date

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End date

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Summary

The project initiated a comprehensive water quality and salinity management program for the whole of the Lower Burdekin floodplain, including all irrigation schemes and the adjacent wetlands of Bowling Green Bay and the GBR. A range of works were undertaken for this project. In relation to wetlands specifically, aquatic weed removal was undertaken to clear surface weeds.

Benefits

(not documented)

Lesson

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Reference ID

(none)

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/initiation-of-a-lower-burdekin-water-quality-and-salinity-management-program-7397/

Queensland Government
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