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Below are the reports and publications produced by South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership.

List of Publications July 2008 - December 2009

Annual Reports  Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program  Science and Innovation Annual Report 2008/09 (4.92MB)  Financial Reports Audited Annual Financial Statements for 2008-09 (6.1MB)   Water by Design Concept Design Guidelines for Water Sensitive Urban Design (15MB)  Water Sensitive Urban Design Deemed to Comply Solutions for South East Queensland – Stormwater Quality (Draft) (3.5MB) Water Sensitive Urban Design Deemed to Comply Solutions for South East Queensland – Worked Solutions and Examples (Draft) (4.5MB)  Construction and Establishment Guidelines:  Swales, Bioretention Systems and Wetlands Meeting the proposed stormwater management objectives in Queensland:  A Business Case (2.9MB) MUSIC Modelling Guidelines (8.8MB)   Communication, Education and Motivation 2009 Healthy Waterways Awards Brochure (2MB) 2009 Healthy Waterways Awards Poster (836KB) Stop Stormwater Pollution Poster (1.2MB) 2008 Report Card (2.28MB) 2008 Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary (4.13MB) 2008 Western Sub-Regional Summary (8.5MB) 2008 Southern Sub-Regional Summary (7.3MB) 2008 Northern Sub-Regional Summary (1.1MB) 2008 Management Responses (1.2MB) 2008 Methods (1.8MB) 2008 Report Card Poster (3.18MB)  2009 Report Card (4.7MB) 2009 Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary (1.5MB) 2009 Western Sub-Regional Summary (1.3MB) 2009 Southern Sub-Regional Summary (1.2MB) 2009 Northern Sub-Regional Summary (945KB) 2009 Management Responses (277KB) 2009 Methods (1.2MB) 2009 Report Card Poster (3.1MB) Healthy Waterways Flood Contingency Monitoring Report: The impact of flood events in the Logan-Albert Catchment, January and February 2008  (5.8MB)  Special Event Monitoring update on the May 2009 flood event in South East Queensland (1.4MB)   A new index for the Nutrient Indicator Freshwater EHMP: Final Report (402KB)  Catchment Modelling of the Bremer, Lockyer and Logan Albert Catchments: Conversion of EMSS Models to the E2 Modelling Framework (2.8MB) Implications of supply of purified recycled water to the Lockyer and Warrill valleys and mid-Brisbane River for groundwater recharge and irrigation purposes: a statement of expert opinion Component 6: Environmental Investigations (483KB) Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE): Learning and Decision Making Workshop: Final Report (488KB)   Sediment sources, transport and delivery to the Logan River estuary: Final Report (5.2MB) SEQ Regional Desalination Plant Siting Studies: Synthesis Report  (1MB) Towards Understanding the Ecological Health and Character of Moreton Bay  (2.14MB) Waterway Impact Assessments of Wastewater Treatment Plants in Ipswich City: Final Report (17MB)   Healthy Country Phase 1 Report: Monitoring and evaluation of restoration activities in three SEQ focal catchments (1.3MB)

 

List of Publications July 2007 - June 2008

Annual Reports   Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program   Science and Innovation Annual Report 2007/08(4.92MB)   Financial Reports Audited Annual Financial Statements for 2007-08 (1.60MB)   Water by Design Facilitation of Water Sensitive Urban Design Uptake in SEQ: Final Report to the Australian Government (5.72MB) Consultation Report – SEQ Regional Plan Draft Implementation Guideline No7: Water Sensitive Urban Design – Design Objectives for Urban Stormwater Management (5.44MB) Needs Analysis for the Water Sensitive Urban Design Capacity Building Program in South East Queensland – Task 1 (844KB) Developing Design Objectives for Urban Development in South East Queensland(14.6MB) A Review of Water Quality and Maintenance Costs of Constructed Water Bodies in Urban Areas of South East Queensland (1.55MB) Constructed Waterbodies in Urban Areas of SE Qld: Maintenance Issues and Costs to Local Government (1.86MB) Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program 2006-07 Annual Technical Report - summary (11.1MB) Report Card 2007 (2.28MB) Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary (5.43MB) Western Sub-Regional Summary (5.00MB) Southern Sub-Regional Summary (5.01MB) Northern Sub-Regional Summary (5.05MB) Management Responses Report Card Methods (3.96MB) EHMP Linking Local and Regional Monitoring:Part A: A Discussion Paper (3.96MB) EHMP Linking Local and Regional Monitoring:Part B Maroochy Waterways Monitoring Program Case Study (1.01MB) Event Monitoring Methods Manual – Version 4 (3MB) Guidelines for Contingency Response to Coastal Algal Blooms (3.58MB) Health-e-Waterways Database Survey Report (2.06MB) Healthy Waterways Management Strategy Evaluation: Science Support for Catchment-to-Coast  Water Quality Management (6.28MB) Moggill Creek Sewer Overflow Abatement Program: Water Quality Modelling Study (3.83MB) Scoping of Future Platforms for Receiving Water Quality Modelling in South East Queensland: Phase 2 Report (774KB) Windaroo Creek Sustainable Loads Study (16.0MB) Pine Rivers Sustainable Pollutant Load Study (2.58MB)   Healthy Country Healthy Country Project 3530 :Socio-economic Assessment (395KB)   Happenings Magazine Issue # 29 - December'08 (3.5MB) Issue # 28 - August '08 (7.38MB) Issue # 27 - March '08 (2.08MB)

  

List of Publications July 2006 - June 2007

Annual Reports   Science and Innovation   Annual Report 2006/07 (1.63MB)   Financial Reports Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2007 (12MB)   Water by Design Water by Design ‘Fact Sheet 3’ – Water Sensitive Urban Design in Industrial Areas (2.24MB) Water Sensitive Urban Design - Integrated Water Cycle Planning “Comparing Local Government Approaches in South East Queensland”  (1.96MB)   Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Stakeholder Capacity Building Trial (631KB) Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program 2005-06 Annual Technical Report  (113MB) Report Card 2007  (8.27MB) - Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary (308KB) - Western Bay Sub-Regional Summary (323KB) - Southern Bay Sub-Regional Summary (297KB) - Northern Bay Sub-Regional Summary (311KB) - Management Responses (7.7MB) - Report Card Methods (1.38MB) Program to Manage Public Health Hazards/Risks to Users of South East Queensland Waterways - Phase 1: Human Health Broadscale Risk Assessment for SEQ (3.10MB)   Happenings Magazine Issue # 24 - December '06 (890KB) Issue # 25 - April '07 (1.32MB) Issue # 26 - August '07 (1.32MB) LYNGBYA TASK 2: Integration of the Lyngbya Research and Management Program 2005-2007 Final Synthesis Report; By A.W. Chiffings - University of Queensland (3.47MB) LYNGBYA TASK 2.3: Development of an Integrating Framework for the Lyngbya Research and Management Program 2005-2007 Bayesian Belief Networks; By F. Fielding, C. Alston, M. Fwyer, G. Hamilton, S. Johnson, R. McVinish, N. Peterson & K. Mengersen - Queensland University of Technology (396KB)   LYNGBYA TASK 3: Land Sources Nutrient Factors Relating to Lyngbya majuscula Blooms in the Deception Bay – Pumicestone Region; By SM Pointon, CR Ahern, KS Ahern and VJ Eldershaw - Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland Government and University of Queensland (3.47MB) LYNGBYA TASK 5 & 10: Estimating Loads of Nutrients of Concern to Lyngbya Beds in Deception Bay Catchment and Receiving Water Quality Modelling; By Tony McAlister - WBM Oceanics (7.64MB)   LYNGBYA TASK 5.2: Catchment Loads of Nutrients of Concern to Deception Bay: Groundwater; By Malcolm Cox, Martin Labadz & Jonathan Hodgkinson - Queensland University of Technology(1.68MB) LYNGBYA TASK 7: Lyngbya Science Update: Submarine Groundwater Discharge Investigations; Badin Gibbes, Clare Robinson, Linh Dang, Ling Li and David Lockington - Environmental Engineering Division, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia (1.19MB) LYNGBYA TASK 8: Lyngbya Growth Model, Sediment and Water Column Dynamics The Role of Benthic Sediments in Lyngbya majuscula Blooms in Deception Bay; By Ron Johnstone, Peter Hannington & Olga Pantos - University of Queensland (4.48MB) LYNGBYA TASK 9: Monitoring of Lyngbya majuscula Distribution and the Environmental Conditions in Moreton Bay; By P. Maxwell, A. Stevens, J. Udy & G. Savige - Environmental Protection Agency Queensland Government and University of Queensland (8.67MB) LYNGBYA TASK 12: A Review and Demonstration of Best Management Practice for Key Land Uses in the Pumicestone Region, South East Queensland; By P. Hannington - University of Queensland (3.26MB) Bremer Fact Sheet - The Bremer River, Turning the corner (1MB) Coombabah Estuary Sustainable Loads Study: FINAL REPORT \ Submitted by Tony McAlister - WBM (909KB) Lyngbya Newsletter Update (4.91MB) 2nd Interim Report: Microbial Source Tracking in non-sewered Catchments; Prepared for Department of Natural Resources and Water; Submitted by Warish Ahmed (1.11MB) Microbial Source Tracking in Non-Sewered Catchments – submitted to NRMSEQ, submitted by Warish Ahmed and Mohammad Katouli (821KB) Using Faecal Sterols and Biochemical Fingerprinting to Estimate Off-Site Impacts of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems in Pine Rivers Shire – Milestone Report 2: Reporting of results from the first rising stage storm event. Prepared for: Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchment Partnership and SEQ Catchments By: Joel Stewart and Ted Gardner (2.34MB) Ambient Water Quality & Ecological Health of Moggill Creek: Sewer Hazard Impact Assessment in an Urban Freshwater System. Brisbane City Council, Dr. Peter Pollard (1.86MB) Characterising Moggill’s Sewage. Brisbane City Council, Dr. Peter Pollard (1.08MB) Centrifugal/Screening Effectiveness and Management Options for Improved Treatment of Overflows at Bridgewater Creek. Griffith University, Dr. Peter Pollard (912KB)

List of Publications July 2005 - June 2006

Annual Reports     Annual Report 2005-06 (2.12MB)   General Reports The Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership Audited Financial Statements for period ending 30 June 2006 (1.56MB)  The Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership 3-Year Business Plan 2004-07 (516KB)   Water by Design Strategy for Water Sensitive Urban Design: Final Report to the Department of Environment & Heritage (2.96MB)  Water by Design: An Introduction to Water Sensitive Urban Design in South East Queensland (1.12MB) Water by Design: Tools and Resources for Water Sensitive Design in South East Queensland (819KB)  Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland Version 1 June 2006 (10.1MB)    Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Echidna Creek Riparian Rehabilitation Study – 2005 'After' Sampling Final Report (1.15MB)   Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program 2004-05 Annual Technical Report (113MB) Ecosystem Health Report Card 2005 Oct-05 (14MB) – Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary 2005 (2.7MB) – Northern Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2005 (2.5MB) – Western Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2005 (2.6MB)   – Southern Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2005 (2.6MB)  – Management Responses 2005 (5MB) – Report Card Methods 2005 (1MB)  Program to Manage Public Health Hazards/Risks to Users of South East Queensland Waterways – Phase 1: Human Health Broadscale Risk Assessment for SEQ (1.68MB)  Spatial and Temporal Trend Analysis of Water Quality in South East Queensland  (398KB)   Update on Sampling Design for Water Quality in Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River (2.53MB)   Science and Innovation A Decision-Support System for protecting water quality in Moreton Bay: Draft User's Guide to DSS Components (173KB) Aquatic Passive Sampling of Herbicides on Naked Particle Loaded Membranes: Accelerated Measurement and Empirical Estimation of Kinetic Parameters – Abstract only (86.1KB)   Benthic Trawling Impacts Biocomplexity and Critical Ecosystem Functions – Abstract only  (76KB) Bremer River Estuary: Characterising Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in the Bremer River and Industrial Effluents of the Catchment (1MB)   Bremer Water Quality Improvement Plan – Receiving Water Quality Modelling: Final Report (502KB)   Catchment Condition Overview of the Moreton Water Resource Plan Area (184KB) Deception Bay Lyngbya Assessment: Setting & Processes (2.35KB)   Flood discharges of a small river into open coastal waters: Plume traits and material fate – Abstract only (44.5KB)  Initiation of Lyngbya integration science through Baysian Belief Networks (587KB)  Investigation of Sediment Characteristics in South East Queensland Coastal Waters (678KB)  Lyngbya blooms in relation to temperature, rainfall, SOI and tides, northern Deception Bay 2000 to 2005 (2.83MB) Lyngbya Leaflet  (370KB)  Macrophytes in Moggill Creek and Bridgewater Creek Wetland – Interim Report (1MB)  Moreton and Gold Coast Environmental Condition Report for Study Area Comprising: Moreton and Gold Coast Draft Water Resource Plans and Moreton Bay Sand Island, Volume 1 – Main Report  (2.9MB)  Moreton and Gold Coast Environmental Investigations : Environmental Flow Assessment Framework and Scenario Implications for the Draft Moreton and Gold Coast Water Resource Plans, Volume 1 (1.69MB) Nuisance Algal Blooms Fact Sheet  (2.43MB)  Recreational & Tourist Vessel Traffic in South East Queensland's Smooth Coastal Waters: Moreton Bay and the Gold Coast Broadwater (5.28MB) Sediment Source Tracing in the Maroochy Catchment – Executive Summary only  (724KB)  SEQ Healthy Waterways Strategy 2006 Development of Management Support Tools: EMSS & RWQM Fact Sheet (547KB) Technical Review: Best Management Practice for Wastewater Treatment Plants and Re-Use Options in South East Queensland (872KB)   Wastewater management options in the Bremer catchment to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and total suspended solids entering the waterways – Executive Summary only (76KB)   Marketing and Communications Bremer River Poster (353KB)  Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program – Report Card 2005 Poster (5.56MB) Healthy Waterways Happenings Issue 21 (2.47MB) Healthy Waterways Happenings Issue 22 (3.12MB) Healthy Waterways Happenings Issue 23 (2.79MB) Healthy Waterways Strategy flyer (1.12MB) Healthy Waterways 'the partnership' information flyer (412KB) What you can do? Poster (1.42MB)

List of publications July 2004 - June 2005

Annual Report     Planning and Implementation Annual Report 2004 -05  (1.75MB)   General Reports Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership Business Plan 2003-06 (1.19MB)   Science and Research Assessment of Sustainable Pollutant Loads Entering Wivenhoe Dam – Final Report (Executive Summary) (444KB)  Audit of Non-Sewered Areas in South East Queensland – TASK 1: A Review of On-site Wastewater Management Practices/Knowledge in SEQ Local Governments (1.3MB) Audit of Non-Sewered Areas in South East Queensland – TASK 2: A Review of Risk Assessment Approaches for Non-sewered Subdivisions (993KB)  Audit of Non-Sewered Areas in South East Queensland – TASK 4: Initial Mass Balance Assessment on Non-sewered Areas (4.99MB) Characterising Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in the Bremer River and Industrial Effluents of the Catchment – Bremer Estuary (1.8MB)  Burgess Creek Receiving Water Quality Modelling – Final Report  (4.62MB) Environmental Management Support System (EMSS) Model Study of Toowoomba Water Supply Catchments – Development of EMSS for Cooby, Cressbrook and Perserverance (586KB) Identification of Diffuse Sources of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Organic Carbon Entering the Bremer River Stage 1 – Data Collection and Review Final Report (8.8MB) Impacts of Road Run-off – Phase 2 Final Report (7.5MB) Laboratory Culturing of Lyngbya majuscula Collected from Bloom Sites in Moreton Bay – Final Report (800KB)   Lyngbya majuscula Distribution in the Eastern Part Shoalwater Bay in June 2003 – Submitted as Part of the Lyngbya Management Plan (1.2MB) Life Cycle of Lyngbya majuscula – DNA Analyses of Sediments in Moreton Bay (448KB) Modelling Indicative Land Based Nutrient Export Areas for the Moreton Bay Region, South East Queensland – Lyngbya majuscula (16MB)  Maroochy Estuary Sustainable Loads Study – Initial Report  (1.48MB)   Maroochy Estuary Sustainable Loads Study – Supplementary Report (2.12MB)  Noosa Nuisance Algal Blooms Phase 1 – Executive Summary (159KB)  Pumicestone Passage Water Quality Modelling Final Report (6MB) Vessel Wash Impacts on Bank Erosion – Maroochy River Final Report (1.52MB)   Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program 2003-04 Annual Technical Report (155MB) Ecosystem Health Report Card 2004 (5MB)   Moreton Bay Sub-Regional Summary 2004 (2MB)  Northern Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2004 (2MB)   Southern Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2004 (2MB) Western Catchments Sub-Regional Summary 2004 (2MB)  Management Responses 2004 (7MB)  Report Card Methods 2004 (747KB) Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Newsletter: Issue 12 (2.3MB) Stakeholder Capacity Building for Increased Participation in Monitoring and Application of Monitoring Results – A Scoping Study for the Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership (2.62MB) Process for Determining and Determination of Locally Relevant Water Quality Objectives – Final Report (3.75MB) Estimation and Allocation of Total Maximum Pollutant Loads to Achieve Water Quality Objectives in SEQ Waterways – Stage 10b Report (979KB)  South East Queensland Regional Water Quality Management Strategy 2001 (SEQRWQMS 2001) – Progress Report (630KB) Water by Design – Strategy for Water Sensitive Urban Design in SEQ Fact Sheet  (1.15MB) Water Sensitive Urban Design – Barriers to Adoption and Opportunities in SEQ (563KB) Water Sensitive Urban Design – Research into the Barriers to Adoption, Opportunities and Stakeholder Needs in South East Queensland(262MB)    Healthy Waterways Campaign Healthy Waterways Happenings: Issue 18 (1.29MB)  Healthy Waterways Happenings: Issue 19 (9.52MB) Healthy Waterways Happenings: Issue 20 (1.56MB) Migratory Shorebirds Poster (13.2MB) The Water Journey in South East Queensland Poster (542KB) The Brisbane River Poster (1.32MB)