2016-02-02 P&O Committee - Item 3 - Attachment 3 - Noosa River Environmental Values and Water Quality Objectives

Noosa River environmental values and water quality objectives

Table 1 Environmental values (EVs) for Noosa River and Teewah Sands catchment waters

                                                                                                         Environmental values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5




                                                                                                                                                                                                                   spiritual values
                                                                                                               Aquaculture




                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Cultural and
                                                   ecosystems




                                                                                        Supply/use




                                                                                                                                                                 Secondary




                                                                                                                                                                              recreation
                                                                                                                                                    recreation


                                                                                                                                                                 recreation
                                                                                                                             consumer


                                                                                                                                        Oystering




                                                                                                                                                                                                      Industrial
                                                                Seagrass


                                                                           Irrigation




                                                                                                                                                                                           Drinking
                                                                                                                                                    Primary
                                                   Aquatic




                                                                                                                             Human




                                                                                                                                                                              Visual




                                                                                                                                                                                           water
                                                                                                     Stock
                                                                                                     water
                                                                                        Farm




                                                                                                                                                                                                      use
 Water                                                       
 Teewah Creek                                        
                                                                        
                       
            
            
           
                         

 Upper Noosa River                                   
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                                     

 Lower Noosa River                                   
          
                                                             
                       
            
            
                                     

 Kin Kin Creek / Cootharaba                          
                     
              
           
        
              
                       
            
            
                                     

 Lake Cootharaba                                     
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                                     

 Cooroibah                                           
                     
              
           
        
              
                       
            
            
                                     

 Lake Cooroibah                                      
          
                                                             
                       
            
            
                                     

 Noosa River Wetlands                                
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                                     

 Stumer Creek
                         freshwater
                                                     
                                                                                                
            
            
                       
             

 Stumer Creek
                           estuarine
                                                     
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                       
             

 Weyba                                               
                                                         
              
                       
            
            
                       
             

 Lake Weyba                                          
          
                                                             
                       
            
            
                                     

 Open coastal waters
                                                     
          
                                                             
                       
            
            
                                     

 Other tidal canals, constructed
 estuaries, marinas and boat
 harbours (not included in above
                                                     
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                                     

 waters)
 Other estuarine tributaries (not
 included in above waters)
                                                     
                                                                        
                       
            
            
                                     

 Other freshwater tributaries (not
 included in above waters)
                                                     
                     
              
           
                       
                       
            
            
                                     



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Noosa River environmental values and water quality objectives
         Table 1 Environmental values (EVs) for Noosa River and Teewah Sands catchment waters

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                                                                                                  S$
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                                 2£o|s | &       >        a | cE | ££ | Fe]  28   |e)  e_/s      gs
                                 Sa    a   3   £ eo  $5   ©    & 3  2   So   o ®   & oO xo| 9%   3s =
                                 e3/   8)  2|58S/se)/e|55|          8 | ES!) $5)   28 | E8\38|   55
                                 qs | Oo   =|  f£o|aH3)]  « | 28    6   |/af)/ vne | S£)6F)/ £3) 38
         Water                   ~OSdwWwoVeoesog
                                                           ma
          Teewah Creek            v                            v         v    v    v    v        v
        |UpperNoosaRiver      $$| v [|   [|  fo   ff yy Ty fw ff Ly |
          Lower Noosa River       v    v                       v         v    v    v             v
        |KinKinCreek/Cootharaba | v | |v |v |v ifviv if|eoitv{|viwvw iff fv i
         | Lake Cootharaba i asi(i‘<‘wTi wf                                    PG                ye
          Cooroibah               v        v    v    v    v    v         v    v    v             v
         | Lake Cooroibah = —(aistsi—‘<‘iT ww                                  Pw
          Noosa River Wetlands    v                            v         v    v    v             v
         StumerCreek =  tester’ Y | |                 OT                ee pe pee |
        Jo              sfreshwater | ff ff
          stimer creek            2      ee
        posturing |
          Weyba                   v                       v    v         v    v    v         v   v
          Lake Weyba              v    v                       v         v    v    v             v

         | Othertidalcanals,constructed [| | [| fo fof fp
          estuaries, marinas and boat
          harbours (not included in above v                    v         v    v    v             v
        |waters)
          Other estuarine tributaries (not V4                  V         V    V    V             V
          included in above waters)
          included in above waters)
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