Avon River Waterway Management
Investment: $2 190 927
Delivery organisation: Department of Water (DoW)
On-ground achievements
- 239 km fencing to 104 landholders in 17 Shires resulting in protection of > 1000 ha riparian vegetation
- 8 salinity risk management demonstration sites (17.5 km of riparian fencing, 15.3 ha revegetation)
- Nutrient stripping wetlands at Brookton and Cunderdin Wastewater Treatment Plants
- 8,000 m3 of sediment removed from Long Pool
- Avon Water Quality Monitoring Program fortnightly sampling
Community engagement and capacity building
- Ribbons of Blue / Waterwatch Program for schools and community groups
- Workshops with stakeholders responsible for point source nutrient management.
- Engaged Shires in Avon Floodplain Study on implications of floodplain hydrogeology and salinity risk
Publications
- Department of Water (2007) Avon Basin Potential Nutrient Discharge Sites, Department of Water, Perth.
- Department of Water (2009) Nutrient management for the Avon River Basin: A toolkit for managing nutrient loss to the environment from a range of land uses. Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2009) Avon River catchment Water Quality and Nutrient Monitoring Program for 2007, Department of Water, Perth
Did you know?
- The Avon Rivercare Program was awarded the 2007 State Premiers Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management (Regional Development).
