Reporting Cards
- National coastal website released (Major source of coastal information and data)
- Development of estuarine report cards consistent with the national estuarine environmental condition assessment framework
- Estuarine, coastal and marine indicators for regional NRM monitoring
- Estuarine, coastal and marine information workplan 2006-2008
- Estuarine, coastal and marine issues and indicators workshop report
- Estuarine, Coastal and Marine National Condition Assessment
- Introducing OzCoasts
- National estuarine environmental condition assessment framework round table report (2007)
- National estuarine, coastal and marine habitat map series
- National intertidal/subtidal benthic (NISB) habitat classification scheme v1.0
- National Marine Environmental Condition Assessment Framework Round Table Report
- NRM Estuarine, Coastal and Marine Report Card Best Practise Workshop Report
- Outcomes from estuarine, coastal and marine information program 2006-2008
- The development of estuarine, coastal and marine indicators and information systems (2006)
- Trialling NRM Resource Condition Indicators in the Coastal Zone
- User’s guide to estuarine, coastal and marine indicators for regional NRM monitoring
Environmental Management Framework (Coastal CRC)
National documents
- National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS) documents
- NWQMS Implementation Guidelines (Document 3)
- (a) Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (2000) [Document 4 of NWQMS]
- (b) Australian Guidelines for water quality monitoring and reporting [Document 7 of NWQMS]
- Guidelines for Groundwater Protection in Australia [Document 8 of NWQMS] (PDF , Natural Resource Management and Primary Industries)
- Water Quality Targets: A Handbook (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Water Quality Targets OnLine (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Waterwatch Australia National Technical Manual Web ( NRM knowledge online)
- Water Quality Guidelines Online (Web) Due for release in 2005
- National Chemicals Reference Guide – Standards for the Australian Environment (Web) Due for release soon
- National Principles for the Provision of Water for Ecosystems (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Wetlands of National and International Importance (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Estuarine Processes (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
- Spatial Data on Land Use (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
- NRM Monitoring & Evaluation and Standards & Targets ( Australian Government Natural Resource Management)
- National Framework for NRM Standards & Targets (Australian Government Natural Resource Management)
- National NRM Monitoring & Evaluation Framework (Australian Government Natural Resource Management)
- Australian Guidelines for recreational use of waters (PDF, NH&MRC)
- Australia and New Zealand Food standards Code
- Users Guide to Estuarine, Coastal & Marine Indicators for Regional NRM Monitoring (Coastal CRC)
Current understanding
- Information report on EVs and WQOs for Douglas Shire WQ Improvement Plan (PDF, Douglas Shire Council )
- Qld EPA’s EVs and WQOs Project Information Report (Re EVs and WQOs for SE Qld; Mary River/Great Sandy Strait; and Douglas Shire)
Community developed EVs
- Report on the May 2003 EVs workshop for Douglas Shire waters (PDF, Douglas Shire Council )
Water quality guidelines
- Queensland Water Quality Guidelines (draft released 2005)
- Water Quality guidelines – book chapter by Barry Hart
Draft water quality objectives
- Report on the Draft EVs and WQOs for Douglas Shire waters (PDF, Douglas Shire Council )
- Water Quality and River Flows – Interim Environmental Objectives (Objectives for most NSW catchments)
Alternative management strategies & assessments
- Land and Water Australia products (Wide range of publications on managing aquatic ecosystems)
- A Rehabilitation Manual for Australian Streams (PDF, Land and Water Australia)
- Guidelines for Protecting Australian Waterways (PDF, Land and Water Australia )
- A wide range of publications on riparian assessment and management (Search using: “Riparian”)
- CSIRO Land and Water products (Wide range of publications on managing aquatic ecosystems)
- Current Recommended Practice – A Directory for Broadacre Dryland Agriculture (PDF, Murray Darling Basin Initiative)
- Cotton BMP (PDF, Cotton CRC)
- Several papers on managing diffuse source runnof to the GBR (PDF, Reef CRC)
- A triple-bottom-line assessment of basins within the GBR catchment in relation to their sediment, nutrient and pesticide discharges and potential impact on the GBR (Greiner et al) (PDF, Reef CRC)
Implementation
- SE Qld Regional Water Quality Management Strategy, including Management Action Tracking Database (Healthy Waterways)
Monitoring
- SE Qld Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (Healthy Waterways)
- Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Rivers Audit (Murray Darling Basin Initiative)
- Index of stream condition (Victoria Water Data)
- Integrated monitoring of environmental flows – design report (NSW Dept of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources)
- Development and application of a method for the rapid appraisal of riparian condition (Land and Water Australia)
- Water Quality Sampling Manual (Queensland EPA)
Reporting & review
- Annual SEQ EHMP Technical Reports (Healthy Waterways )