2021-01-18 GC - Item 2 - Attachment 2 - Consultation Report River Plan Version 1 (2018)

Q1. What do you think will be most important in maintaining and improving the quality of the Noosa River system?




 Q2. Are there any actions to consider for inclusion in the Plan?

           Submitter       Submission / Grounds of Submission

                           River health and pollution sources, relevant new initiatives and community education

 Private                       -    River health
                               -    Check the dog swimming area next to the Noosa Sound car park.
                               -    Water is disgustingly warm there in summer with all that bacterial overload from dozens of animals swimming there!
                               -    Additionally, there is a huge influx of campers to the Noosa North Shore in peak holiday periods as so many camping grounds have closed down and
                                    now taken over by developers.
                               -    What type of sanitation is provided to campers?
                               -    How does this sudden influx of humans impact on the area?
                               -    This too should be limited and camping should be on a lottery basis for camping spots, not as it is now with an assault on the environment.
                               -    Increase litter fines and enforce them!
                               -    You need to enforce fines for littering, big fines for river pollution.
                               -    Introduce heavy fines for polluting storm water drains and educate people on what can be put down drains.
                               -    Make disposal of hazardous substances (e.g. paint, oil etc.) free at the Council Tip instead of having to pay for that!!!
                               -    Reward people when they dispose of things properly so it doesn't end up in the waterways.

 Private                       -    Strategically placing At Source litter baskets into stormwater pits is a great way to prevent litter extremely close to the source.
                               -    I propose that the locations of these are worked out so that they are positioned into pits that do not currently flow into any of Noosa's GPT's
                                    (Stormwater Quality Systems).
                               -    Basically position them in high trafficable areas where the drains run straight into the river unfiltered.
                               -    I would then recommend close monitoring of these assets using Tangaroa Blue's AMDI. This provides a great opportunity to involve the community
                                    (monitoring event) and raise awareness of the litter types entering our stormwater drains.
                               -    This valuable At Source data can be used to present to nearby businesses that may be handing out/selling items/poor housekeeping/unsatisfactory
                                    systems to hopefully drive change.
                               -    These are a low cost mitigate solution that also have the ability to be shifted to multiple stormwater pits if initial locations aren't collecting as well as
                                    expected.

 Private                       -    Education campaign to prevent littering near the river - cigarette butts, fishing line and hooks, plastic bait bags and other rubbish in river.

 Private                       -    Address the impacts of urbanisation on the river amenity, water quality and flows.
                               -    It would be helpful for the River Plan to identify values that need protection.
                               -    Threats to those values or current management that has allowed these values to persist.
                               -    Opportunities to manage those threats /maintain the existing values and build actions from there.

 Private                       -    I subscribe to the Sea Bin initiative.
                               -    Would you be so kind as to consider how better off NR could be if one of these were to be installed say around Noosa Marina or near toe hold Weyba
                                    Creek Bridge, or even at Munna Point.
                               -    They are an Australia company based in Perth and I would love to see Australia supporting more of this sort of initiative instead of getting majority
                                    implementation support offshore.
                               -    Would be great to get your feedback on the Sea Bin.

 Lake Cootharaba Sailing       -    Is the NR Plan supposed to cover Noosa Waters regarding jetties and effluent discharge into the NR and phosphates runoff from dwellings and
 Club                               associated gardens?
                               -    The plan is incomplete unless it covers this
                               -    Stormwater discharge into both the river and Noosa Waters, from the drains should have some sort of rubbish traps attached to them.
                               -    Drains from Noosa Civic, near and through the motor park areas often have garbage floating by which ends up in the canals.

 Private                       -    Chemical contamination in the Noosa River system:
                               -    I want council to pressure state government to implement all the recommendations made in the Final Report of the Fish Task Force.
                               -    I want Council to work with the State member for Noosa to secure funding for auditing and monitoring of our waterways.
                               -    The NFHIT final report made 29 recommendations for various parties, such as the hatchery operator, the macadamia farmer, various peak bodies,
                                    the APVMA and the Queensland Government. Not all recommendations for the Queensland Government were addressed. The following were not
                                    completed:
                               -    Recommendation 21 to establish a standing committee on fish health issues.
                               -    Recommendation 23 to replicate and routinely sample pond and tank water from the hatchery.
                               -    Recommendation 24 that if a fish health incident occurs, test the pond waters for toxicity potential and act to direct further action if required. Whole
                                    effluent toxicity testing (WET) or direct toxicity assessment (DTA) should be conducted using globally accepted methodologies (ANZECC/ARMCANZ
                                    2000)

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