Priority
Neighbourhood Catchments Water Quality Monitoring Program
Landholders hold the key to FBA's successful flood based sediment
and nutrient monitoring program. Dedicated individuals in strategic
locations dust off their drizabones and collect up to six samples
from each rainfall event that causes flooding. This monitoring is
conducted at the Neighbourhood Catchment scale (~300km
2
to 2000km
2
catchment or group of small catchments). The objective of this
monitoring is to:
- Form the basis of FBA's Monitoring Evaluation Reporting and Review
(MERR) water quality requirements
- Refine water quality models used to aid in the setting of water
quality targets
- Collect baseline water quality data at a Neighbourhood Catchment
scale; and
- Engage and involve landholders and stakeholders able to bring about
management change at the Neighbourhood Catchment scale
Water
Quality Targets
FBA is working towards the setting and refining of water
quality targets. FBA believes in setting SMART (Simple,
Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely) targets
related directly to implemantation of on-ground actions. Water
quality target setting activities include:
- Developing and implementing an agreed methodology by which to
set water quality targets.
- Developing interim water quality targets and refining these
targets.
- Enhancing biophysical data sets and water quality models for use in
target setting.
Regional
Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting
Most water quality data throughout our region isn't used outside of
the project reports or compliance reports for which it was
collected. FBA are working together with regional
stakeholders to ensure access to available data is
streamlined.
