2016-02-02 P&O Committee - Item 3 - Attachment 4 - Mary River Environmental Values and Water Quality Objectives

            Mary River environmental values and water quality objectives




            4       Ways to improve water quality
            The following documents are relevant in considering ways to improve water quality in the Mary River
            catchment. The document list below is additional to the plans, guidelines and other sources referred to in
            previous sections, and is provided for information only.

            Local studies
            • Council planning scheme and supporting codes, policies

            Regional plans
            • Wide Bay-Burnett Regional Plan 2007-2026
            • Great Sandy Region Management Plan. Queensland Government 1994
            • Hervey Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan. Department of Environment and Conservation. Queensland
               Government 1989
            • Mary Catchment Strategy. A community strategy for better management of resources in the
               Mary River Catchment. Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee. 1996
            • Fraser Island World Heritage Area Scientific Advisory Committee, 2004. (i) Cooloola: Assessment of
               potential outstanding universal value. (ii) Fraser Island World Heritage Area: Review of outstanding
               universal value. Reports for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Commonwealth Department of
               the Environment and Heritage. Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland
            • Burnett Mary Regional Group. Natural Resource Management Plan. County to Coast - a healthy
               sustainable future. June 2005


            State plans, policies, guidelines, agreements etc
            • Queensland Water Quality Guidelines 2009 (DERM)
            • Monitoring and Sampling Manual 2009 (DERM)
            • Draft Queensland Coastal Plan
            • Memorandum of Understanding between the Queensland Government and Queensland Farmers’
                Federation relating to Farm Management Systems 2005
            • Queensland Water Plan 2005 – 2010 An action plan to meet our future water needs, Queensland
                Government, August 2005


            Other supporting technical information – riparian management
            • Managing riparian widths to achieve multiple objectives, fact sheet 13, Land and Water Australia,
                  Australian Government, 2004.
            • Improving water quality, fact sheet 3, Land & Water Australia, Australian Government, 2002.
            • Riparian Land Management Technical Guidelines – Volume 1 and 2, November 1999, Land and Water
                  Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC)
            • Guidelines for Queensland Streambank Stabilisation with Riparian Vegetation, CRC for Catchment
                  Hydrology, September 1999
            • Restoration of Fish Habitats – Fisheries Guidelines for Marine Areas, FHG002, Fisheries Group,
                  Department of Primary Industries, October 1998
            • Fisheries Guidelines for Fish Habitat Buffer Zones, FHG003, Fisheries Group, Department of Primary
                  Industries, August 2000
            • Guidelines for Riparian Filter Strips for Queensland Irrigators, CSIRO Land and Water, September 1999




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