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1996-1997 to 2001-2002
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Hervey Bay's rapidly increasing population is placing pressures on the coastal and marine environment primarily from sewage and stormwater discharges to the Bay. The community is concerned about the potential for water quality degradation through algal blooms and the impact this will have on biodiversity and tourist industry in the region.
Construction of wet stormwater detention basins to treat the increase in sewage and urban stormwater runoff resulting from urban development will reduce the environmental impacts. Treated water will be pumped into existing sewer and wastewater irrigation infrastructure. This will improve the quality of stormwater flows downstream and stormwater discharges to Hervey Bay and provide reuse water for crops such as sugar cane.
1999/2000 - 2000/01
TOTAL $2 146 000
The construction of the new detention basins and diversion of run off will reduce the contaminants to the Bay and protect the marine environment.
Denis Heron
Wide Bay Water
07 4120 1512
denish@herveybay.qld.gov.au
Brisbane, Queensland
Augmenting and upgrading the Bulwer Island refinery by BP Oil to reduce nitrogen loading in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, will increase the consumption of water by almost three times. Any increase in the use of potable water supply for industrial use increases the pressure on existing water resources.
Industry, Local and State governments will introduce a wastewater reuse scheme to reclaim and redirect water from the Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant to meet the increase in demand for water by BP Oil. The scheme will reduce the effluent discharging into the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay.
1999/2000 - 2000/01
TOTAL $23 400 000
The long term ecological sustainability of the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay will be enhanced through the reduction of wastewater discharge into coastal waters. The demand for potable water supplies by industry will be reduced.
Len Don
Brisbane City Council
07 3403 3373
pm9bw@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Townsville, Queensland
Townsville is Australia's largest tropical city with most of its populations catchments flowing into the sea via Cleveland Bay. World Heritage Cleveland Bay is a dugong protected bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Cleveland Bay's ecological and conservation values have been recognised as one of only 7 Australian "high risk" areas. Risk assessment identifies urban development with a particular emphasis of flooding and stormwater quality as the source of risk. An artificial series of ponds trapping urban runoff- The Lakes - has become a sink for a range of pollutants.
This project will create a high quality ecologically engineered stormwater treatment train made up of sediment traps, settling ponds, reed bed treatment basins and habitat ponds. This will divert flows to the Upper Louisa Creek area. reducing flooding and total pollutant loadings to Cleveland Bay. The Upper Louisa Creek offers options for land-based treatments and opportunities to manage the impacts of additional flows
1999/2000 - 2000/01
High water quality environmental flows into coastal wetlands to favour breeding patterns in marine and estuarine fisheries and reduced stormwater inputs to The Lakes to control algal blooms.
Greg Bruce
Townsville City Council
07 4727 9311
gab@townsville.qld.gov.au
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