2026 Budget Service Level Catalogues

                               Report Card River Health       5 star rating          - Healthy land and waterway
                               Community Waterway                                    health ratings for SEQ major
                               Benefit                                               river systems

Service Outputs – Detailed Activity Listing
                               Activity                                              Service Level/Standard
Waterways management
(Activities include development of strategy/management plans and implementation of associated actions,
monitoring and compliance activities)
Scheduled work                       Noosa River Plan 2016 6                   Proposed:
                                                                               5 year review
                                                                               Annual review of Action Plan
                                     Noosa Spit Shoreline Erosion              3 yearly reviews
                                     Management Plan
                                     Funding Agreement – Report Card           3 yearly
                                     Healthy Land and Water
                                     Attendance at SEQ Monitoring and          Quarterly Meetings
                                     Evaluation Steering Committee
                                     Meetings MESC (healthy land & water
                                     quality – informs Water Quality Rating
                                     program)
                                     SEQ Water - Lake Macdonald                Quarterly meetings (or as
                                     Improvement Committee for dam             required).
                                     upgrade (waterways aspects – Six Mile
                                     Creek)
Reactive work                        Review and develop Council response       As required.
                                     to legislative and policy changes by      No defined level of service –
                                     other levels of government                subject to other levels of
                                                                               government timelines.
                                     Compliance of Noosa River Marine          Issue assessed as soon as
                                     Zone.                                     notified and appropriate action
                                                                               taken (may involve direction by
                                                                               maritime authorities).
                                     Enquiries/complaints (e.g. notification   Issue assessed as soon as
                                     of vessels impacting foreshore areas,     notified and appropriate action
                                     sinking vessels, illegal camping,         taken (may involve direction by
                                     dumped rubbish on river islands).         maritime authorities).
                                     Investigations / emerging issues          No defined service level.
                                     (e.g. Hincksia sordida algal bloom        Depends on complexity of issue.
                                     events; Oyster Reef trial approvals etc.)
Maintenance
(Inspection & repairs to boat ramps and jetties; dredging or rock placement to support revetment walls in defined
canals)
Cyclic Inspections                   Boat ramps                                  6 monthly
                                     Jetties/pontoons                            6 monthly
                                     Noosa Waters lock & weir (contract)         Fortnightly + Annual detailed
                                                                                 inspection
                                     Noosa Waters Salinity Inlet Pump            Monthly + Annual detailed
                                     Station & Jetty (contract)                  inspection
                                     Groynes & revetment walls 5                 yearly
                                     [e.g. Noosa Spit (Dog Beach) and
                                     Munna point foreshore]
                                     Noosa Sound & Noosa Waters canals           Annual
Scheduled Work                       As identified from inspections (defects & proactive interventions) to maintain
                                     asset serviceability. In addition specific works are scheduled as below:
                                     Noosa Waters Lock routine           As per the Asset          Fortnightly
                                     maintenance                         Management Plan           Annual detailed
                                                                         (work by contractor)
                                     Noosa Waters Salinity pump          As per the Asset          Monthly
                                     station                             Management Plan           Annual detailed
                                                                         (work by contractor)


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