Inland Waters Theme Report

Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report)
Prepared by: Jonas Ball, Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Limited, Authors
Published by CSIRO on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2001
ISBN 0 643 06750 7

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Figure 1 - Total annual irrigation water use 1996/97 by crop type
Figure 2 - Drainage regions in Australia
Figure 3 - Surface water development status
Figure 4 - Groundwater management units in Australia
Figure 5 - Groundwater provinces in Australia
Figure 6 - Sustainable yield of groundwater provinces
Figure 7 - Groundwater development status
Figure 8 - Causes of dryland salinity
Figure 9 - Process of groundwater salinisation
Figure 10 - Areas with a high risk of dryland salinity by 2050 due to shallow groundwater tables
Figure 11 - Catchments where instream salinity is currently an issue
Figure 12 - Salinity in the Murray River at Morgan (1968-94)
Figure 13 - Tonnes of phosphorus discharged by inland sewage treatment plants each year
Figure 14 - Tonnes of nitrogen discharged by inland sewage treatment plants each year
Figure 15 - Catchments where turbidity is considered an environmental issue
Figure 16 - River systems where phosphorus levels exceed state or territory guidelines for the protection of ecosystems
Figure 17 - Blue-green algal high alert levels in New South Wales (1996-99)
Figure 18 - Percentage of time high alert levels were measured for blue-green algae in Queensland water storages (1997-99)
Figure 19 - Volume of wastewater reused by each state annually (1993/94 to 1996/97)
Figure 20 - Catchments where pH is considered an issue
Figure 21 - Management framework for applying the guidelines
Figure 22 - Distribution of bores across Australia, with nitrate levels greater than 10 mg/L
Figure 23 - Modelled median monthly flow volumes (GL) on the Murray River at Albury under natural and 1988 development conditions
Figure 24 - Flow-duration curve for the River Murray mouth
Figure 25 - Carp distribution in the Murray-Darling Basin
Figure 26 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in New South Wales
Figure 27 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in Victoria
Figure 28 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in Queensland
Figure 29 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in Western Australia
Figure 30 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in the Northern Territory
Figure 31 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in Tasmania
Figure 32 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in South Australia
Figure 33 - Summary of AusRivAS bioassessment results for all river sites surveyed in the Australian Capital Territory
Figure 34 - Lake Eyre Basin
Figure 35 - Distribution of Ramsar sites throughout Australia

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