Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program    2011 Report Card Results    Southern Catchments   Southern Catchments

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Pimpama Catchment Facts Total area: 171km2 Stream network length: 389km Local Councils: Gold Coast City Council  Dominant land uses: native bush, urban, grazing, intensive agriculture Dominated by intensive agriculture along the middle reaches Urban development, including canal estates, expanding throughout the lower catchment Coomera Catchment Facts Total area: 489km2 Stream network length: 928km Local Councils: Beaudesert (pop. 62,441), Gold Coast (pop. 472,279) Dominant land uses: native bush, rural residential, grazing, urban Headwaters rise in Lamington National Park and remain largely intact Mid reaches flow through rural areas Urban development, including canal estates, expanding throughout the lower catchment, with the possibility of disturbance to acid sulphate soils Freshwater results B+ Pimpama/Coomera Catchment *   Streams generally in good condition. An increase in nutrient cycling offset by decreases in ecosystem processes and physical/chemical indicators. Estuarine results C Pimpama Estuary   Decreased phytoplankton concentration offset by low dissolved oxygen concentration. Continued high nitrogen concentration. B- Coomera Estuary    Biological health increased slightly, but offset by increased nutrients and phytoplankton concentration.       For more information on the Report Card, please visit: health-e-waterways

Other Pimpama/ Coomera Rivers Catchment links:

Local Council	Community/Catchment Groups	Environmental Education Centre
Gold Coast City Council	Gold Coast and Hinterland Environmental Council	Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre
	Gold Coast Catchment Association
	Pimpama River & Hotham Creeck Catchment Management