Meeting papers

                                                      Burgess Creek Monitoring Program
                                                                            Annual Review 2022

           5. Scatter plots with trend lines demonstrating long-term trends at each monitoring
              site;
           6. Students' t-tests provide statistical comparisons between current and previous
              years' monitoring data;
           7. Tabled comparison of data against water quality objectives and a line graph
              demonstrating historical compliance trends.
           8. A table of percentage compliance with recreational water quality limits for
              microbiological indicators; and
           9. A table summary of percentage compliance of treated wastewater releases with
              the EA.
3.0 Monitoring Area for the Burgess Creek Monitoring Program
The Burgess Creek catchment covers an approximate area of 5.6 km2 in the Noosa Shire
Council region of Queensland. Two branches of the Creek, the East and West, join to form
the main Burgess Creek. Burgess Creek flows in a general south-easterly direction before
discharging into the Pacific Ocean at Sunrise Beach. It is a small catchment situated between:
   •   Coastal sand dunes created by wind and wave action to the east;
   •   Noosa River to the north; and
   •   Weyba Creek and Lake Weyba to the west and south.
While the Burgess Creek catchment is small, the complex interaction of existing and past land
uses resulted in the Catchment being considered moderately disturbed. The predominant land
use is remnant vegetation and urban. Residential dominates in the elevated parts of the
Catchment and natural vegetation within the lower regions, particularly within the floodplain
and immediately around Burgess Creek.

Burgess Creek discharges from a partly urbanised catchment through an area of
environmental value onto a beach widely used for recreation. The Creek is subject to varied
land uses, which are inclusive of but not limited to the following:
   •   Noosa STP;
   •   Two de-commissioned landfills;
   •   Noosa National Park and Conservation Parks
   •   Girraween Sporting Complex;
   •   Girraween State High School; and
   •   Recreational activities on Sunrise and Castaway Beaches.
A detailed review of the land-uses present within the Burgess Creek catchment is within the
report prepared by KBR (2004) and its implications on the Burgess Creek water quality.


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