Water quality hotspots
A Water Quality Hotspot has been defined as having all of the following characteristics:
- aquatic ecosystem with high ecological, social, cultural and/or recreational values;
- encompasses one or more matters of national environmental significance and is defined under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
- is under pressure as a result of population growth and development, disturbance of acid sulfate soils, and water quality decline; and
- is suffering ecosystem disturbance leading to habitat loss and biodiversity decline.
Australia's water quality hotspots
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| Darwin Harbour |
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| Great Lakes |
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| Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary |
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| Port Phillip Bay and Western Port |
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| Swan Canning |
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| Vasse-Wonnerup & Geographe Bay |
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The Australian and Queensland Governments have agreed, through a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a Reef Water Quality Protection Plan to protect the Reef from land based sources of pollution. The Plan will build on previous and ongoing processes undertaken by the two Governments to address issues that relate to this threat, including work undertaken by the Reef Protection Taskforce.
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Contact
Water Quality Section Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (02) 6274 2334
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