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Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection Office

State of Health of the Mount Lofty Ranges Catchments (2.62MB) Oct 2000

Fact Sheets:

 

 

Aquatic Ecosystems in the Mount Lofty Ranges (696KB)
Sources of Water Pollution in the Mount Lofty Ranges (643KB)
Water in the Mount Lofty Ranges (679KB)
Water Quality Issues in the Mount Lofty Ranges (577KB)
Water Quantity Issues in the Mount Lofty Ranges (740KB)
 
Grazing animals and the risk of Cryptosporidium parvum contamination to the raw water supply — Status Report 2002 (484KB) May 2003

Information Sheets:

 

 

E2 Catchment Modelling Framework (138KB) Jun 2007

 

Mount Lofty Ranges E2 Model (152KB) Jun 2007

 

Mount Lofty Ranges E2 Model—frequently asked questions (90KB) Jun 2007
Land Status Data Mapping (1.64MB) Feb 2002
new publicationLower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area Environmental Monitoring Report Phase 1 (1.2MB) Jul 2008
Milking Shed Effluent Management in the Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed - Summary (524KB) Full Report (3.4MB) Nov 2003
Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed (913KB) Feb 2005
Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection Office Status Report: June 2003 (1.4MB) Jan 2004
new publicationMyponga Watercourse Restoration Project Final Report 2000−07 (1.16MB) Jun 2008
Protecting drinking water quality into the future - Priority areas and land use compatibility in Adelaide’s Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed (417KB PDF) Sep 2007
The pollutant trace sampling, source detection and remediation program — Status Report 2002 (1.19MB) May 2003
Water Quality Snapshot 2001–2002 (1MB)
Historical baseline data for the Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed
Feb 2007

Water Quality Policy publications

Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy and Explanatory Report 2003 (372KB) May 2003
Fact Sheets  
  Aquaculture and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy (214KB) Oct 2003
  Fast Facts (126KB) July 2004
  Frequently Asked Questions (107KB) Sept 2003
  Local Government and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy (159KB) Jun 2003
  Milking Shed Effluent and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003 (159KB) Jun 2003
  Setting water quality objectives using the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003 (157KB) Jun 2003
  Stormwater Pollution (101KB) Oct 2003
  The Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003—an overview (181KB) Jun 2003
 

Vessels on Inland Waters and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003 (151KB)

Jun 2003
 

Stormwater Management series:

 
    Auto Dismantlers (98KB) Oct 2003
   

Auto Servicing and Mechanical Repair Workshops (97KB)

Oct 2003
    Car Yards (143KB) Oct 2003
    Concrete Cutters (90KB) Oct 2003
    Crash Repairers (109KB) Oct 2003
    Disposal of Soaps and Detergents (135KB) Apr 2004
    Disposal of Swimming Pool Backwash Water (66KB) Apr 2004
    Fruit & Vegetable Processing (133KB) Apr 2003
    Garden Shops (98KB) Oct 2003
    Home and Mobile D-I-Y Handyperson (141KB) Apr 2004
    Landscape Gardening and Garden Maintenance (125KB) Oct 2003
    Laundries and Dry Cleaning Premises (134KB) Apr 2004
    Marinas, Boat Sheds and Slipways (139KB) Apr 2004
    Masonry and Related Industries (134KB) Apr 2004
    Mortuaries (131KB) Apr 2004
    Metal Fabricators (104KB) Oct 2003
    Mobile Car Detailers (133KB) Apr 2004
    Mobile Concrete Cutters (133KB) Apr 2004
    Mobile Dog Washing Units (133KB) Apr 2004
    Mobile Mechanics (133KB) Apr 2004
    Mobile Waste Bin Cleaners (140KB) Apr 2004
    Painters (137KB) Apr 2004
    Printers (94KB) Oct 2003
    Radiator Repair Premises (95KB) Oct 2003
    Retail Food Businesses (111KB) Oct 2003
    Roof Restorers (133KB) Apr 2004
    Service Stations and sites with Underground Storage Tanks (154KB) Apr 2004
    Shopping Centres (100KB) Oct 2003
    Small Business and Industry (109KB) Oct 2003
    Transport Companies (105KB) Oct 2003
    Wash Bays (169KB) Apr 2004

Consultancy Reports

A Feasibility Study on Nutrient Load Reduction Options for the Upper Cox Creek Catchment (2.5MB) Oct 2005
Burial of Livestock in Shallow Pits in the Lower South East—Assessment of Groundwater Impact Apr 2005
Environmental and Planning Assessment of Winery and Ancillary Development in the Mount Ranges Watershed - Stage 3 (1MB) Apr 2004
Nutrient movement through SA soil (674KB) Jun 2004
Predicted trends for NO3 - concentration in the Blue Lake, South Australia (750KB) May 2002
Water Quality Risk Assessment Study of Winery and Ancillary Developments in the Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed - Stage 2 (848KB) Feb 2003

Other Publications

A Cleaner South Australia - Statement on the Environment, Hon Dean Brown
 Apr 1995
Ambient Water Quality Monitoring
 
Gulf St Vincent Metropolitan Bathing Waters - Report No 1 (493KB)
Nov 1997
Gulf St Vincent Metropolitan Coastal Waters - Report No 2 (1.7MB)
Jan 2004
  Water Quality of Adelaide's Metropolitan Coastal Waters - a community summary (776KB) (This brochure summarises the Gulf St Vincent Report No. 2)
Jan 2004
Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert-Report No 1 (490KB)
Sept 1998
Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island (2.8MB)
Jun 2005
Port River Estuary-Report No. 1 (227KB)
Nov 1997
Port River Estuary-Report No. 2 (2.81 MB)
May 2002
River Murray 1990-1999 Report No. 1 (1.58 MB)
Jan 2002
SA’s Rivers and Streams (Chemical and Physical Quality)-Report No 1 (554KB)
Sept 1998
Sediment Quality Monitoring of the Port River Estuary (997KB)
Nov 1997
Changes in Seagrass Coverage (1.17MB)
Sep 1998
Community Estuarine Monitoring Manual. Section A (1.28MB PDF), Section B (727KB PDF). 2007
Cowirra Surface Irrigation Reuse Trial (1.7MB)
May 2005

Critter Catalogue (2.6MB)

Also available in individual chapters

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - introduction (155KB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - sponges, hydras and worms (335KB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - snails, mussels, pea shells and basket shells (151KB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - mites, spiders, crustaceans and insects (200KB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - crustaceans (398KB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - insects and springtails (1.5MB)

Jul 2004
 

Critter Catalogue - glossary and bibliography (153KB)

Jul 2004
EPA Guidelines for Stormwater Management in Mount Gambier (1.34MB) Feb 2007
Environmental Management Assessment Checklist for Unlicensed Wineries (68KB)  

Frog Census Reports

 
frog census 1998 (1.72MB)
1999 (729KB)
2000 (930KB)
2001 (3.35MB)
2002 (1.27MB)
Jun 1999
Oct 2000
Jul 2001
Oct 2002
Aug 2003
Frog Ponds for Gardens (1.2MB) Nov 2003
Handbook for pollution avoidance on commercial and residential building sites - second edition (1.1MB PDF) Jun 2004
The health of subtidal reefs along the Adelaide metropolitan coastline 1996-99 (1.1MB)
Jan 2003
Heavy metal concentrations in razorfish (Pinna bicolor) and sediments across the northern Spencer Gulf (1.45MB)
Aug 2004
Heavy metal contamination in the northern Spencer Gulf - a community summary (180KB)
2005
Heavy metal status of South Australian Dolphins (1.15MB)
2005
Heavy metal status of South Australian Dolphins—an overview (699KB)
2005
Insecticide spraying of Australian plague locusts (481KB)
July 2001
Lake Bonney, South East, South Australia - Past, Present and Possible Future (558KB) Sep 2004
Mosquitoes in Constructed Wetlands (397KB)
Dec 2002
Mount Lofty Ranges Catchments, State of Health (2.62MB)
Oct 2000
Piggery Effluent Treatment, Alternative Systems (3.66MB)
Nov 2000
Port River: heavy metals and PCBs in dolphins, fish and sediment (1.7MB)
Mar 2000
Draft Port Waterways Water Quality Improvement Plan (673KB) Nov 2006
Draft Port Waterways Water Quality Improvement Plan - Appendices (756KB) Nov 2006
Port Waterways Water Quality Improvement Plan—Stage 1 (4.3MB)
Jul 2005
Port Waterways - A tradeable rights instrument to reduce nutrient pollution in the (238KB)
Jul 2005
Port Waterways - Setting environmental values for the (431KB)
Jul 2005
Port Waterways - Nutrient flux assessment in the (569KB)
Jul 2005
new publicationPort Waterways Water Quality Improvement Plan (972KB) May 2008
new publicationPort Waterways Water Quality Improvement Plan Appendices (888KB) May 2008
Risks from endocrine disrupting substances in the South Australian aquatic environment (199KB) Jan 2008
Riverboat Waste Disposal Options (639KB)
Jul 2001
River Health on Eyre Peninsula (1009KB)
River Health in the Far North (1026KB)
River Health in the Fleurieu Peninsula and on Kangaroo Island (978KB)
River Health in the Flinders Ranges (967KB)
River Health in the Mid North (1020KB)
River Health in the Mount Lofty Ranges (911KB)
River Health in the River Murray Catchment (863KB)
River Health in the South East (772KB)
River Murray and Lower Lakes catchment risk assessment for water quality Apr 2007
 

Introduction and methods (960KB PDF)

 

Results and management options

Acknowledgements, Definitions, Abbreviations, Executive Summary & Introduction (327KB PDF)

Renmark to border LAP area assessment (400KB PDF)

Berri–Barmera and Loxton–Bookpurnong LAP areas assessment (450KB PDF)

Riverland West LAP area assessment (526KB PDF)

Mid Murray LAP area assessment (577KB PDF)

Mannum to Wellington LAP area assessment (580KB PDF)

Goolwa to Wellington and Coorong District LAP areas assessment (1329KB PDF)

Summary of risk assessment results, Risk management options & References and data sources (212KB PDF)

new publicationSafe and effective pesticide use

 
 

A handbook for commercial spray operators (879KB)

Oct 2007
 

A handbook for lifestyle landholders (1.6MB)

Oct 2007
 

A handbook for near-water applications (995KB)

Oct 2007
Saltwatch Summary Report May 2001, May 2002 (694KB)
May 2003
State of the Environment Report for South Australia 1998 - Summary
Oct 1998
State of the Environment Report for South Australia 2003
Nov 2003
State of the Environment Report for South Australia 2003 - Executive Summary
Nov 2003
State of the Environment Report for South Australia 2003 - Findings Supplementary Report
Nov 2003
The impact of rain on water quality at the Barcoo Outlet and Patawalonga Lake (4.63MB) Oct 2005
Torrens Catchment stormwater audit project - findings and recommendations report (177KB) Nov 2006
Watercourse Surveys
 
  Myponga River Catchment
Jul 1999
  Upper Marne River Catchment
Jul 2000
Water Quality at the Barcoo Outlet and Patawalonga Lake—a community summary (809KB PDF) 2005

Water Quality of the Port River Estuary — a community summary (1MB)

Jan 2003

Waterwatch SA 1999 Yearbook (1.18MB)

 

new publicationWestern Yorke Peninsula Seagrass Aerial Photography 1979-81 and 2004 - ground truthing and ecological significance (135KB)

Apr 2008

Joint and other agency publications

Inland Aquaculture in South Australia (Business SA and IAASA) (836KB)

2004

'Waterwise' series:
   1. Managing Your Watercourse (199KB)
   2. Revegetating Watercourses (202KB)
   3. Exotic Trees Along Watercourses (215KB)
   4. Woody Weed Control Along Watercourses (88KB)
   5. Farm Dams (126KB)
   6. Watercourses and Earthworks (173KB)
(Environment Protection Agency, Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Program)

 

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Further Information

For further information please contact:

Information Officer
Environment Protection Authority
GPO Box 2607
Adelaide SA 5001
Australia

Phone: (61 8) 8204 2004
Fax: (61 8) 8204 9393
Freecall (country): 1800 623 445

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