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




                1 Introduction
            This document is made pursuant to the provisions of the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 (the
            EPP [Water]), which is subordinate legislation under the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The EPP
            (Water) provides a framework for:
            • identifying environmental values for Queensland waters, and deciding the water quality objectives to
                protect or enhance those environmental values; and
            • including the identified environmental values and water quality objectives under Schedule 1 of the EPP
                (Water).

            This document contains environmental values and water quality objectives for waters in the Mary River
            catchment, and is listed under schedule 1 of the EPP (Water).


            1.1 Waters to which this document applies
            This document applies to fresh and estuarine surface waters and ground waters draining the Mary River
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            catchment as represented in the accompanying plan (WQ1381) . These waters fall within the Mary basin
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            (basin 138) , and include:

            •    Amamoor Creek;
            •    Coondoo Creek
            •    Eel Creek;
            •    Kandanga Creek;
            •    Glastonbury Creek;
            •    Little Yabba Creek;
            •    Mary River;
            •    Munna Creek;
            •    Obi Obi Creek;
            •    Six Mile Creek;
            •    Susan River;
            •    Tinana Creek;
            •    Wide Bay Creek;
            •    Widgee Creek;
            •    Yabba Creek;
            •    all other rivers and creeks of the Mary River catchment;
            •    wetlands; and
            •    ground waters.

            The geographical extent of waters addressed by this document is shown in plan WQ1381, and is broadly:
            • all freshwaters and tributaries of the Mary River;
            • the upper, mid and lower estuary/enclosed coastal waters of the Mary River and Susan River and tidal
               tributaries including Tinana Creek;
            • tidal canals, constructed estuaries, marinas and boat harbours and entrance buffers;
            • wetlands; and
            • ground waters.

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              This document and the accompanying plan are available in electronic form from the Environmental Values web page
            on the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) website: http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/.
            The boundaries in the accompanying plan WQ1381 are indicative only. The water types and management intent
            depicted in the accompanying plan are stored in electronic form as part of the South East Queensland Environmental
            Values Schedule 1 Database July 2010 and held at the DERM offices at the corner of Lennox/Alice Streets,
            Maryborough. Database regions are based on the regions established in the Queensland water quality guidelines. For
            further information on accessing the database, please contact DERM by email at [email protected]
              Australia’s River Basins 1997 – Product User Guide. Published by Geoscience Australia. Canberra, ACT (3rd edition,
            2004).


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Version: 1, Version Date: 21/12/2015