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Assessing River Health and Condition

Surface Water Quality
	Water Quality Monitoring
	How Water Quality is Monitored
	Water Quality Guidelines
	Water Parameters

Surface Water Quality

By measuring both the physicochemical and biological characteristics of our waterways we can better understand and protect aquatic ecosystems. Water quality monitoring also ensures that the water supply is safe for human consumption. It can also be used to build up a picture of the health of particular rivers, and assist in planning at a catchment level.

	Water Quality Monitoring Monitoring surface water quality is undertaken to enable us to better understand and protect the aquatic ecosystem.

	How Water Quality is Monitored A variety of meters and sampling techniques are used to monitor physico-chemical characteristics of water.

	Water Quality Guidelines The Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council has developed guidelines for water quality for a range of Australian waters.

	Water Parameters Parameters that are monitored to give an indication of surface water quality in Tasmania.

State of Rivers Reports provide information on the quality, quantity and ecosystem health of Tasmanian waterways up until 2003. Now, the Waterways Monitoring Reports report on the data collected from Tasmania’s rivers and streams as part of the Baseline Monitoring Network.

Baseline Pesticide Monitoring Program measures pesticide levels in rivers and streams at 55 sites across Tasmania.

More information
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  Phone: 03 6233 6753
  Fax: 03 6233 6055
  Email: Water.Enquiries@dpipwe.tas.gov.au

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