• Bushland and biodiversity
• Climate change
• Community Nursery
• Education
• Environmental Sustainability and Health
• Green living
• Hornsby 2020 Initiative
• Hornsby Earthwise
• Land modification awareness program
• Parks and reserves
• Pre DA Assessment
• State of the Environment Reporting
• Sustainable action committee
• Sustainability & triple bottom line
• Waste & recycling
• Water catchments
  • Catchments remediation program
  • Estuary management
    • Projects
    • Berowra Creek Estuary Management Plan
    • Brooklyn Estuary Management Plan
    • Estuary Management Committees
    • Lower Hawkesbury Estuary Management Plan
    • Lower Hawkesbury Estuary
    • NSW Estuary Management Program
    • What is an estuary?
  • ICLEI Water Campaign
  • Sustainable Total Water Cycle Management Strategy
  • Water conservation initiatives
  • Water quality

Estuary management

view lower hawkesbury estuary Management plan >>

view Calabash Bay Chlorophyll monitoring probe >>

ESTUARIES OF HORNSBY SHIRE

What is an estuary?
Lower Hawkesbury Estuary

MANAGING OUR ESTUARIES

NSW Estuary Management Program
Estuary Management Committees
Berowra Creek Estuary Management Plan
Brooklyn Estuary Management Plan
Lower Hawkesbury Estuary Management Plan

ESTUARY MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

Algal Bloom Early Warning System
Berowra Waters Information Board
Brooklyn & Dangar Island STP
Chlorophyll Monitoring Probe
Crosslands Masterplan
Estuarine Health Surveys
Impacts of Nutrients on Ecosystem Integrity
Integrated Catchment Model
Kangaroo Point Boat Pumpout Facility
QX Disease and the Oyster Industry
Recreational  fishing  infrastructure
River Settlements and Foreshores Review
Sandbrook Inlet Derelict Boat Removal
Seagrass Marker Buoys
Sediment and Antifoul Monitoring Program
Sewerage and septic tank educational resources

ANNUAL REPORTS

 2007 - 2008 Annual Report (650Kb)
 2006 - 2007 Annual Report (327Kb)
 2005 - 2006 Annual Report (388Kb)
 2004 – 2005 Annual Report (293Mb)
 2003 – 2004 Annual Report (1.84Mb)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Sustainable fisheries

 Saltmarsh in the Hawkesbury (525kb)
 Seagrass Protection - NSW Maritime (307kb)
 Kayaking and Canoeing - NSW Maritime (370kb)
 Boat Wash - NSW Maritime (333kb)
 Caulerpa taxifolia - invasive seaweed (933kb)

RELEVANT LINKS

 Australian National University - Integrated Catchment Assessment & Management Centre
 BIA Boating Industry Association of NSW
 Bureau of Meteorology
 Chlorophyll Monitoring Probe Data
 Department ofEnvironment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - The Framework for Marine and Estuarine Water Quality Protection
 Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association
 Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority
 NSW Department of Commerce - Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
 NSW Department of Lands - Great North Walk
 Department of Environment and Climate Change - Estuary Management Program
 NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries
 NSW  Maritime Authority
 OZ Estuaries
 Sydney Water Corporation - Brooklyn and Dangar Island Sewerage Scheme
 University of Sydney - Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities
 University of Technology, Sydney
 BMT Engineering and Environmental Consultants
 ABC Science Catchement Detox

Estuary Management Program Contact

For further information, please contact:
Peter Coad
Team Leader - Estuary Management
 (02) 9847 6766
 pcoad@hornsby.nsw.gov.au

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