Tasmanian River Catchment Water Quality Initiative
This water research initiative will build on existing monitoring programs to provide the community and industry with information to respond to concerns about chemical usage and the impacts of chemical pollution on industry, human health and the environment.
The objectives of the initiative are to:
- Better understand the fate of pesticides in the Tasmanian environment.
- Develop and utilise methodology for identifying the nature and extent of pesticide usage in Tasmanian river catchments.
- Tailor the CSIRO's Pesticide Impact Rating Index (PIRI) to Tasmanian conditions and validate its use in predicting the relative risk of off-site pesticide migration in the Tasmanian environment.
- Develop and refine methodology for assessing the risk of contamination of waterways from the use of pesticides in agricultural and forestry activities in Tasmanian river catchments.
Tasmanian River Catchment Water Quality Initiative
Consultative Committee to the Australian Government on the River Catchment Water Quality Initiative
The Committee has been established to advise the Australian Government on the development of the Initiative.The Committee is a balance of individuals active within the community on issues relating to the management of chemicals in Tasmania, experts in the field of water quality issues, representatives from industries involved with the use and management of chemicals, individuals familiar with government processes and human health issues, a representative from marine farmers, and natural resource managers represented by members of the Tasmanian regional natural resource management Committees.
Independent Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data
An independent audit of historical forestry water quality monitoring data, carried out as part of the River Catchment Water Quality Initiative, was recommended by the Consultative Committee. The audit has helped ensure the integrity of the chemical monitoring data used by CSIRO when validating the PIRI risk assessment tool for Tasmanian conditions.
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - First report - 2007
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - Second report - 2007
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