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Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management ProgramWebsite/Report(not documented)
Project leadPartnershipsNorth 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)
ActivitiesOn-ground work, Monitoring
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Funding sourceNational Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP)
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SummaryThe 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.
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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 30 August 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/ |