BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
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Suspended sediment and nutrient loads, pesticide concentrations and other contaminants are managed to meet the WQIP and Reef 2050 Plan targets( cont.).
Health of freshwater aquatic ecosystems are known and protected. d) Develop, adopt and continually improve best practice methods for avoiding and mitigating point source and diffuse water contamination.
e) Support land managers to implement best management practices to conserve water resources and incorporate environmental outcomes into their management systems. For example: capturing nutrient and herbicide runoff from crop land and adopting sustainable grazing land management practices to reduce runoff and increase infiltration.
f) Establish a systems repair and prevention approach for the wider NRM community to address holistic subcatchment issues, and what is needed to restore and maintain healthy coastal wetland ecosystem function. For example: managing black water events to prevent fish kills, fish barrier remediation, and wetland rehabilitation.
g) Maintain a coordinated multistakeholder water quality monitoring programme for our region, which includes the monitoring and assessment of:
• water quality( including nutrients, sediments, pesticides and salinity);
• geomorphologic processes; and
• wetland and riparian condition, and aquatic biodiversity.
For example: regional partnerships investigate low-cost sensing opportunities for fine grade data on water quality.
a) Conduct catchment scale land capability and in-stream health monitoring and planning.
SUCCESS INDICATORS
Resource condition and management targets identified in our regional WQIPs are achieved.
The water quality targets and objectives in Reef 2050 Plan are achieved.
By or before 2026 • there is a reduction in per capita water use.
• there are no reported exceedances of ANZEC water quality guidelines across the region.
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