INTEGRATED WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM - BURGESS CREEK · Unitywater Burgess Creek REMP 2022 Annual Review (A7703347)

                                                      Burgess Creek Monitoring Program
                                                                            Annual Review 2022

The purpose of this Burgess Creek Monitoring Program Annual Assessment and Review is to
conduct an annual evaluation, explanation or assessment of the monitoring data collected by
this Receiving Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP). This assessment report completes
the requirement in condition G13 of the EA outlined in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Condition G13 of Environmental Authority EPPR008691113 (p8).




       2.1 Report Structure and Contents
       The annual report has been prepared to meet the EA and REMP reporting
       requirements and includes a summary of the following:
           •    Presentation of data collected during the 2021 calendar year;

           •    Comparison of 2021 data to the most appropriate water quality and biological
                objectives;
           •    Graphical comparison of 2021 data with historical data; and
           •    Statistical comparison of 2021 data to historical data.
       Monitoring data collected from the Burgess Creek Monitoring Program have been
       presented in nine ways to ensure that the influence of the treated wastewater
       discharged from the Noosa STP is adequately represented and assessed:

           1. An assessment of climatic conditions contributing to the water quality of
              Burgess Creek
           2. A table summary of the monitoring data collected;
           3. Scatter plots with standard error bars graphically presenting spatial trends
              within Burgess Creek;
           4. Line plots graphically presenting temporal trends (monthly) at each monitoring
              site;
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