2017-07-11 P&E Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 8 - Investigation into Stormwater Pollution from Noosa's Industrial Activities

2. Stormwater Quality Investigation Project
2.1      Introduction
The initial project was undertaken and the subsequent report (‘An Investigation into Storm Water
Pollution from Noosa Industrial Estate and the Impact on Eenie Creek’, Dec 2016.), was written by
Helen Eyre, student of Bachelor of Natural Science, Environment & Health, Western Sydney
University, NSW. At the time Helen was an environmental health student gaining work experience
with Council. Her report was also part of her final year assessment. Helen has since graduated.

The objective of the investigation was to determine if the Noosaville Industrial Estate stormwater
runoff is having a negative impact on receiving waters of nearby Eenie Creek.


2.2      Program
The investigation was undertaken during the months of June and July 2016 at three creek sites and
included runoff from the following stormwater outlets:
 Eenie Creek Site 1: located upstream of the stormwater outlets enter the creek.
 Stormwater Outlet 1: the smaller of the two stormwater outlets it services about 20 properties
    of the industrial estate (See Figure 1).
 Eenie Creek Site 2: located between where the two stormwater outlets enter the creek.
 Stormwater 2 is the largest of the stormwater outlets which has a gross pollutant trap installed
    and services the other 300 properties (See Figure 1).
 Eenie Creek Site 3 is located downstream of where the stormwater outlets enter the creek (See
    Figure 2).

Sampling parameters used:
 pH
 Water Temp (C degrees)
 Elec. Conduct.
 Dissolved Oxygen % saturation)
 Turbidity (NTU)
 Lead (mg/L)
 Total Nitrogen (mg/L)
 Total Suspended Solid (mg/L)
 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) C6-C9 (ug/L)
 TPH C10-C14 (ug/L)
 TPH C29-C36 (ug/L)




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