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Aquatic ecosystem condition reports
The EPA monitors South Australian waterways (coastal, lakes and creeks) in order to assess their condition and provide information that can be used to guide management decisions.
Monitoring data are used to produce aquatic ecosystem condition reports every year. These reports are currently available for creeks and lakes. Reports for nearshore marine waters are currently being developed..
The EPA has released a context and overview report (416.7 KB PDF) which outlines the main reasons why it needs to assess aquatic ecosystems, reviews the equivalent approaches adopted elsewhere and proposes a way forward which covers all natural waters in South Australia using the aquatic ecosystem monitoring, evaluation and reporting program.
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Lakes
- SA Murray–Darling Basin NRM Region
Creeks
- SA Murray–Darling Basin NRM Region
- SA Murray–Darling Basin NRM Regional Summary
- Angas River, near Strathalbyn
- Baker Creek, near Kitticoola Mine
- Baker Creek, near Tungkillo
- Baldina Creek, near Baldina Station
- Blackfellows Creek, near Mount Magnificent Conservation Park
- Bremer River, near Callington
- Bremer River, near Harrogate
- Bull Creek, 3.5km north of Ashbourne
- Bull Creek, near Ashbourne
- Burra Creek, near Worlds End
- Currency Creek, near Currency Creek
- Currency Creek, near Mosquito Hill
- Currency Creek, near Scott Conservation Park
- Dawson Creek, near Strathalbyn
- Finniss River, near Finniss
- Finniss River, near Mount Observation
- Finniss River, near Yundi
- Giles Creek, near Finniss
- Gorge Creek, near Tepko
- Gould Creek, Macclesfield
- Harrison Creek, near Kitticoola Mine
- Harrison Creek, near Tungkillo
- Kanappa Creek, near Kanappa Hill
- Levi Creek, near Frankton
- Logan Creek, near Logan Gap
- Marne River, near Cambrai
- Marne River, near Walker Flat
- McHargs Creek, near Ashborne
- Meadows Creek, near Kuitpo Forest
- Meadows Creek, near Willunga
- Middle Creek, near Strathalbyn
- Mitchell Gully Creek, near Rockleigh
- Mosquito Creek, near Langhorne Creek
- Mount Barker Creek, near Callington
- Mount Barker Creek, near Mount Barker
- Nairne Creek, Nairne
- Nairne Creek, near Petwood
- One Tree Hill Creek, near Springton
- Paris Creek, south of Macclesfield
- Pine Creek, near Dutton
- Preamimma Creek, near Callington
- Reedy Creek, near Caloote
- Reedy Creek, near Palmer
- Rodwell Creek, near Wheal Ellen mine
- Rodwell Creek, Woodchester
- Salt Creek, near Rockleigh
- Saunders Creek, near Sanderston
- Somme Creek, near Eden Valley
- Stone Chimney Creek, near Red Banks Conservation Park
- Tookayerta Creek, near Mount Compass
- Tookayerta Creek, near Mount Observation
- Tookayerta Creek, near Tooperang
- Tookayerta Creek, Winery Road
- Truro Creek, near Accomodation Hill
- Turvey’s Drain, near Milang
- Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Region
- Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Regional Summary
- Adams Creek, Elizabeth Park
- Aldgate Creek, Aldgate
- Aldgate Creek, north from Heathfield
- Brownhill Creek, Mitcham
- Chambers Creek, Coromandel Valley
- Cobbler Creek, Salisbury East
- Cockatoo Creek, south from Kalbeeba
- Cockatoo Creek, south from Sandy Creek
- Congeratinga Creek, near Second Valley
- Cox Creek, near Stirling
- Cox Creek, Piccadilly Valley
- Deep Creek, near Norton Summit
- Dog Trap Creek, near Delamere
- Dry Creek, Valley View
- Dry Creek, Wynn Vale
- Echunga Creek, near Mount Bold Reservoir
- First Creek, flows to Tunkalilla Beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula
- First Creek, Waterfall Gully
- Fourth Creek, Morialta
- Gawler River, Gawler
- Gawler River, Virginia Park
- Hadrian Creek, near Cherry Gardens
- Hahndorf Creek, near Hahndorf
- Heathfield Creek, Heathfield
- Inman River, 2 km upstream from Victor Harbor Golf Club
- Inman River, off Inman Valley Road, near Victor Harbor
- Inman River, off Victor Harbor Bypass, Victor Harbor
- Inverbrackie Creek, near Woodside
- Jacob Creek, near Rowland Flat
- Jupiter Creek, near Echunga
- Kenton Creek, Gumeracha
- Kersbrook Creek, near Kersbrook
- Light River, near Hamilton
- Light River, north from Freeling
- Light River, upstream from Mingays Waterhole
- Light River, west from Kapunda
- Little Para River, Burton Rd
- Little Para River, Salisbury Downs
- Malcolm Creek tributary, near Kersbrook
- Millbrook Creek, near Millbrook Reservoir
- North Para River, 4 km north from Angaston
- North Para River, 4.5 km north-west from Eden Valley
- North Para River, Rowland Flat
- Northern branch of Brownhill Creek, near Eagle on the Hill
- Onkaparinga River, downstream from Mount Bold Reservoir
- Onkaparinga River, near Hahndorf
- Onkaparinga River, Oakbank
- Onkaparinga River, south from Mylor
- Onkaparinga River, west from Blewitt Springs
- Onkaparinga River, Woodside
- Panalatinga Creek, Reynella East
- Pedler Creek, near Moana
- Peter Creek, south-west from Kangarilla
- Pine Creek, 8 km south-east from Tarlee
- Scott Creek, 1 km south-west from Scott Creek
- Scott Creek, Scott Bottom
- Sixth Creek, near Castambul
- Sixth Creek, near Montacute Heights
- South Para River, Gawler
- South Para River, south from Gawler
- Spoehr Creek, near Balhannah
- Sturt River, Bedford Park
- Sturt River, Coromandel Valley
- Tanunda Creek, near Bethany
- Tenafeate Creek, southeast of Gawler
- The Deep Creek, Deep Creek Conservation Park
- Torrens River, 1 km west from Birdwood
- Torrens River, 3.5 km north-east from Birdwood
- Torrens River, Bonython Park
- Torrens River, near Gumeracha
- Torrens River, north from Mount Pleasant (WAP site 1)
- Torrens River, north from Mount Pleasant (WAP site 2)
- Tributary of Blackfellows Creek, 1.5 km south-west from Mount Hayfield
- Tributary of Carrickalinga Creek, south from Myponga Reservoir
- Tributary of Coolawang Creek, north from Koolah
- Tributary of Cox Creek, south from Uraidla
- Tributary of Dry Creek, Banksia Park
- Tributary of Duck Ponds Creek, east from Moculta
- Tributary of Gomersal Creek, west from Tanunda
- Tributary of Jacob Creek, 4 km south from Tanunda
- Tributary of Kersbrook Creek, 2 km north-east from Kersbrook
- Tributary of Lyndoch Creek, 3 km south-east from Lyndoch
- Tributary of of Brownhill Creek, west from Crafers West
- Tributary of St Kitts Creek, north from Truro
- Tributary of Stockwell Creek, 3.5 km north from Nuriootpa
- Tributary of the Congeratinga River, 1 km east from Second Valley
- Tributary of the Congeratinga River, Second Valley Forest
- Tributary of the Gawler River, Bibaringa
- Tributary of the Hindmarsh River, 2 km east from Hindmarsh Tiers
- Tributary of the Hindmarsh River, near Cloverdale
- Tributary of the Inman River, 3 km east from Inman Valley
- Tributary of the South Para River, west from Portuguese Bridge
- Tributary of the Torrens River, 2 km north from Forreston
- Tributary of the Torrens River, 3 km north from Mount Pleasant
- Tributary of the Torrens River, 3 km south-west from Gumeracha
- Tributary of the Torrens River, north-west from Mount Pleasant
- Tributary of Waitpinga Creek, 13 km south-west from Encounter Bay
- Tributary of Waterfall Creek, near Roslyn Heights
- Unnamed creek, 2.5 km south-west from Tunkalilla
- Unnamed creek, flows into the northern part of Millbrook Reservoir
- Unnamed creek, west from Myponga Beach
- Victoria Creek, Williamstown
- Waitpinga Creek, near Waitpinga
- Walkers Creek, 4.5 km south-east from Freeling
- Wild Dog Creek, 5.5 km north-east from Yankalilla
- Workanda Creek, Belair National Park
- Yankalilla Creek, near Normanville
- Yankalilla River, 5 km south from Yankalilla
- Yettie Creek, near Williamstown
- South East NRM Region
- South East NRM Regional Summary
- Avenue Flat–K Drain, near Lucindale
- Baker Range Drain, near Mount Burr
- Bakers Range Drain, west from Penola
- Benara Creek, Lake Bonney SE
- Biscuit Flat Drain, Biscuit Flat
- Blackford Drain, near Kingston SE
- Blackford Drain, near Mount Scott Conservation Park
- Bray Drain, near Lake Hawdon South
- Butchers Gap Drain, near Butchers Gap Conservation Park
- Deep Creek, near Riddock Bay
- Didicoolum Drain, near Marcollat Hall
- Drain 31, Millicent
- Drain 31, near Millicent
- Drain 44, near northern end of Lake Bonney SE
- Drain 56, near Snuggery
- Drain 57, near Snuggery
- Drain at Bevilaqua Ford, south from Rendelsham
- Drain B, near Penola Conservation Park
- Drain C, southwest from Bool Lagoon
- Drain C2, near Coonawarra
- Drain E, near Lochaber Swamp
- Drain K, between Lucindale and Robe
- Drain L, east from Lake Hawdon North
- Drain L, near Robe
- Drain L, north from Biscuit Flat
- Drain M, near Beachport
- Drain M, near Callendale
- Drain M, near Kangaroo Inn
- Drain M, near western edge of Bool Lagoon
- Drain M, northeast from Beachport
- Eight Mile Creek, Riddock Bay
- Glencoe Drain, south from Kalangadoo
- Henry Creek, south from the Tilley Swamp Conservation Park
- Hitchcox Main Drain, near Brown Bay
- Jackie White Drain, near Avenue Flat
- Jerusalem Creek, east from Port MacDonnell
- Kingston Main Drain, southeast from Kingston SE
- Lake Frome North Drain, near Southend
- Lake Frome Outlet Drain, Southend
- Marcollat Watercourse at Jip Jip Waterhole, near Jip Jip Conservation Park
- Marcollat Watercourse, near Bimbimbi Swamp
- Morambro Creek, southeast from Padthaway
- Mosquito Creek Channel, west from Struan
- Mosquito Creek, east from Joanna near the SA/Victorian border
- Mosquito Creek, Struan
- Nalang Creek, near Olive Bank
- Naracoorte Creek, Naracoorte
- Naracoorte Creek, northeast from Naracoorte
- Naracoorte Creek, west from Naracoorte
- Naracoorte Creek, western edge of Naracoorte
- Narrow Neck Drain, near Rendelsham
- Pelican Point Drain, near Carpenter Rocks
- Piccaninnie Blue Lake Outlet, Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
- Picks Swamp Outlet Drain, west from Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park
- Reedy Creek Drain, near Mount Burr
- Reedy Creek–K Drain, between Robe and Lucindale
- Reedy Creek–Mount Hope Drain, near Mullins Swamp
- Reedy Creek–Wilmot Drain, near Greenways
- Reedy Creek–Wilmot Drain, near Reedy Creek Conservation Park
- Seymour–Robertson Drain, Bool Lagoon
- Stony Creek, near eastern edge of Lake Bonney SE
- Sutherland Drain, near Beachport
- Taratap Drain, south from Tilley Swamp Conservation Park
- Tatiara Creek, Bordertown
- Tatiara Creek, north from Bordertown
- Tatiara Creek, northeastern Bordertown
- Tatiara Creek, west from Bordertown
- Unnamed drain, near Tilley Swamp
- Wilmot Drain, near Earth Quake Springs
- Yelloch Creek, northeast from Struan
- Yelloch Creek, south of Hynam
- Northern and Yorke NRM Region
- Kangaroo Island NRM Region
- Eyre Peninsula NRM Region
- Eyre Peninsula NRM Regional Summary
- Coonta Creek, near Tumby Bay
- Driver River, near Verran
- Edillilie Creek, near Edillilie
- Glengyle Creek, near Wangary
- Meadows Creek, near North Shields
- Merintha Creek, near Wangary
- Millalee Creek, near Peake Bay
- Mine Creek, near Tumby Bay
- Minniribbie Creek, near Wangary
- Pillaworta Creek, near Koppio
- Pokalalie Creek, near Mangalo
- Poonana Creek, near Cleve
- Rock Valley Creek, near Koppio
- Salt Creek, near Lipson
- Salt Creek, near Mangalo
- Salt Creek, near Sheoak Hill Conservation Reserve
- Stinky Creek, near Port Lincoln
- Tod River, Koppio
- Tod River, near North Shields
- Tod River, near the Tod Reservoir
- Tod River, near Yallunda Flat
- Tod River, Whites Flat
- Toolillie Creek, near Tod River Reservoir
- Unnamed creek, near Green Patch
- Unnamed creek, near Charlton Springs
- Unnamed creek, near Little Swamp
- Uranno Creek, near Chinmina Hill
- Waterfall Creek, near Wadella Falls
- Woolshed Creek, near Mount Dutton
- Yeldulknie Creek, near Cleve
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