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                                                      Burgess Creek Monitoring Program
                                                                              Annual Review 2022

  monitoring year 2021 within Burgess Creek. The environmental values applied within this
  assessment are listed in Table 1 (Department of Environment and Sciences (DES), 2010).
                   Table 1. Environmental values applicable to Burgess Creek.

                     Water                     Environmental Value

                     Other         estuarine   Aquatic Ecosystem
                     tributaries
                                               Human consumer

                                               Primary recreation

                                               Secondary recreation

                                               Visual recreation

                                               Cultural and Spiritual value
                                               Spiritual value

  The Water Quality Objectives (WQOs) used for comparison within this assessment are
  those listed under Area NF1 for "Lowland Freshwater – Aquatic Ecosystem Moderately
  Disturbed". Table 2 lists the water quality objectives that have been applied to the
  monitoring area of the Burgess Creek REMP for this monitoring period.

              Table 2. Water quality objectives most applicable to Burgess Creek.

                   Water Quality Parameter                       Unit               Limit

            Suspended Solids                             mg/L                 <6

            Chlorophyll a                                µg/L                 <5

            Total Nitrogen                               µg/L                 <500

            Ammonia N                                    µg/L                 <20

            Total Phosphorus                             µg/L                 <50

            Filterable Reactive Phosphorus               µg/L                 <20

            Dissolved Oxygen                             % saturation         85-110

            pH                                           H+                   6.5-8.0

            Conductivity                                 µS/cm3               500


  3.2    Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality
   The Australian and New Zealand Environmental Conservation Council (ANZECC) and
   Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (2000) define
   the limits for primary and secondary recreational use for microbiological indicators to
   ensure public health. These guidelines provide the limits for thermotolerant coliforms and


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