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Chinatowns across Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the National Trust of Queensland, Hou Wang Temple. The businesses in Chinatowns offered accommodation, medicinal herbs, fresh food grown by Chinese market gardeners and groceries. A Chinese school, a language and culture centre and a Ch...

Australian rivers - Australia's Culture Portal

Eventually, streams catch more water or join other streams to form a river. The Murray River and its main tributary, the Darling River, are the two main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin. The Snowy River is probably Australia's most famous river,...

Australian farms and farming communities - Australia's Culture Portal

Many Australians are directly or indirectly involved in farming. For those Australians not involved with farming, the country's recent rural and agricultural history still has strong links to the heritage and culture of Australia. Wheat and other grain ...

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Website all about water. Includes chemical and physical properties of water; management, use and conservation of water; and water quality guidelines.

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Water Management - Water - Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts   (website Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts )

As a condition on all Surface Water Extraction Licenses (SWEL), Licensees must submit pumpage results on extraction rates on a monthly basis. This webpage will allow SWEL results to be submitted via the NRETA Website. If you are monitoring gauge board h...

Water Management - Water - Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts   (website Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts )

As a condition on all Groundwater Extraction Licenses (GWEL), Licencees must submit pumpage results on extraction rates on a monthly basis. If you have more than one licensed bore fitted with a meter or more than one month’s readings, could you ple...

Water Management - Water - Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts   (website Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts )

The Water Management Branch has been set up to implement the primary piece of water resource legislation, the Northern Territory Water Act. The Water Act is an Act to provide for the investigation, allocation, use, control, protection, management and adm...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 1: Introduction   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

The Lake's overall management is guided by the principles and policies of the National Capital Plan and the Lake Burley Griffin Management Plan 1995. The Authority manages comprehensive water quality programs to monitor the water quality conditions again...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 4: Context   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Water quality management is identified as an important management issue in the National Capital Plan. This Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) is based on the National Water Quality Management Strategy guidelines, entitled Australian and New Zealand Gui...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - Appendix A: Water Quality Testing Methods   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

The microbiological samples are collected from the surface, while the chemical and biological samples are collected using a purpose-built tube sampler. The microbiological samples are collected from the surface, while the chemical and biological samples ...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 3: Process of the Plan   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Home > Corporate > Publications > Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan  Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 3: Process of the Plan The process adopted for developing the Water Quality Management Plan is shown below....

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 8: Overview of Water Quality Monitoring Programs   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Routine water quality testing, assessment and reporting is carried out by ECOWISE Environmental-Scientific. The routine monitoring of Lake Burley Griffin water quality began in December 1981. Under this program, bacterial quality of the water is tested ...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 7: Management Response   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Recommended benchmark values for key water quality indicators. Although the development of a benchmark value in this Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) generally follows the Australia-wide National Water Quality Management Strategy procedures, it nevert...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 10: Conclusion   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Water quality management is a critical aspect of Lake management. The Water Quality Management Plan is a practical guide to specific actions required for the effective management of the Lake's water quality. The Water Quality Management Plan will be rev...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 5: Past Water Quality Trends   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Turbidity values in East Basin are generally below 60 NTU, whereas in West Lake values are generally below 30 NTU. Consequently, the water quality benchmark proposed for total nitrogen concentrations is 1.6 mg/L in East Basin, and 1.2 mg/L in West Lake. ...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 2: Objectives   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

List commonly occurring events that may cause harmful changes to water quality, and provide management measures that minimise the risks to public health and > to the aquatic environment. Outline the current water quality program, reporting and assessment....

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 9: Actions Arising from the Management of Pollutants   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

The Water Quality Management Plan focuses on early detection of pollutants entering the Lake, and on providing management actions where possible. Initiate water quality testing and monitoring of the affected sites. Continuing assessment of the water quali...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

The Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan is prepared by the Authority to help manage lake water quality and to inform on matters affecting the water quality status of the lake. The Plan presents the current water quality status of the Lake, b...

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - Appendix B: Lake map with water quality sampling sites   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Home > Corporate > Publications > Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan  Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - Appendix B: Lake map with water quality sampling sites Appendix B: Lake map with water quality sampling sites....

Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality Management Plan - 6: Development of Benchmark Levels for Water Quality   (website Canberra - Australia's Capital National Capital Authority )

Consequently, based on past information on the Lake, it is proposed that the benchmark level for Lake Burley Griffin turbidity should be 60 NTU and 30 NTU in East Basin and West Lake respectively. Consequently, a 0.1 mg/L benchmark total phosphorus value ...