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Number of Sites
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Sampling Frequency
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Water Quality Indicators
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| Rivers and streams
in the Mount Lofty Ranges |
8
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monthly
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nutrients (oxidised nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphorus,
soluble phosphorus and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)), salinity,
physical parameters |
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biannually
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macroinvertebrates |
| Agricultural influences
on the River Murray |
6
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weekly
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algal counts, Escherichia coli, nutrients (oxidised
nitrogen, total nitrogen, soluble phosphorus, total phosphorus),
salinity, turbidity |
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periodic
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fish, macroinvertebrates |
| Adelaide coastal waters
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11
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fortnightly (summer)
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turbidity, microbiology (E. coli and Enterococci) |
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monthly
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nutrients (ammonia, oxidised nitrogen, total nitrogen) and
total phosphorus), metals (total chromium, total copper, total
lead, total nickel, and total zinc), chlorophyll and microbiology
(E. coli and Enterococci) turbidity |
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5-yearly
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seagrass coverage, reef health |
| Port Waterways |
9
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monthly
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turbidity, metals (total cadmium, total copper, total lead
and zinc) and nutrients (ammonia, oxidised nitrogen, total nitrogen
soluble phosphorus and total phosphorus), chlorophyll and microbiology
(E. coli and Enterococci) |
| Pollution of the South
East groundwater aquifers |
78 groundwater bores
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annually
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nutrients (ammonia, oxidised nitrogen, total nitrogen and
soluble phosphorus), salinity, pesticides and pH |
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one surface water site on the Blue Lake
in Mt Gambier
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quarterly
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nutrients (ammonia, oxidised nitrogen and total phosphorus),
heavy metals, major ions, salinity, chlorophyll, physical and
hydrocarbons |
| Severe degradation of Lake Bonney,
South East |
not applicable
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not applicable
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water quality monitoring is related to a scientific modelling
project |
| Urban impacts on surface waters
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4
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monthly
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nutrients (nitrates and total nitrogen, total phosphorus,
soluble phosphorus, dissolved organic carbon), salinity, temperature,
turbidity and dissolved oxygen, microbiology (E. coli
- three sites) |
| Land-based pollutant
impacts on estuaries and coastal waters |
10
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monthly
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turbidity, nutrients (ammonia, oxidised nitrogen, total Kjeldahl
nitrogen (TKN) and total phosphorus), chlorophyll and microbiology
(E. coli and Enterococci) |
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5-yearly
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seagrass mapping and reef health |
| Agricultural impacts
on the state's rivers and streams |
39
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monthly
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nutrients (oxidised nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphorus,
soluble phosphorus, dissolved organic carbon and silica), salinity,
physical and metals (Bremer - copper, iron, lead and zinc) |
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quarterly (Far North and the Flinders Ranges)
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nutrients (nitrates and total nitrogen, total phosphorus,
soluble phosphorus, dissolved organic carbon), salinity and
physical |
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biannually
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macroinvertebrates |
| Effects of agricultural activities
on groundwater |
four aquifers (39 groundwater bores)
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annually
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nutrients (nitrates and total nitrogen, soluble phosphorus,
DOC), salinity, pesticides and dissolved oxygen |
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