Working Group 3: Integrated Water Quality Monitoring & Research
This Working group includes Townsville and Thuringowa City Councils, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, NQ Water, Townsville Port Authority, the Australian Institute of Marines Science, James Cook University, CSIRO, Conservation Volunteers Australia, the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, the Department of Defence, AAL, QNI and Australia Meat Holdings.
The group focuses on water quality issues, including
- Wetland values identification in Townsville and Thuringowa;
- Baseline Water Quality monitoring;
- Establishment of monitoring sites and integration of existing monitoring programs and data, including community data (Seagrass Watch, Indo-Pacific Sea Turtle Conservation Group, Creek Watch, Reef Check etc.);
- Development of water quality indicators;
- Comparative analysis of rivers and bays.
See Water Quality Monitoring and our Interactive Map
