The Water Quality program is a jointly funded Australian and Queensland Government initiative under the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. The Water Quality program is structured to provide support to Regional Bodies within National Action Plan priority regions (Balonne, Burdekin, Burnett, Condamine, Fitzroy, Maranoa, Mary and South East Queensland Western Catchments).

The Water Quality program employs 20 people who are housed across Queensland Environmental Protection Agency and the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water. The Water Quality Program also has partner projects operating with the Centre for Riverine Landscapes at Griffith University, The School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Melbourne and the School of Mathematical Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology.

Corporate Governance

• Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
  
• Queensland Department of Natural Resources Mines and Water
  
• Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
  
• Fitzroy Basin Association
  
• South West Natural Resources Inc.
  
• AgForce
  
• Queensland Farmers Federation (Canegrowers)
  
• Queensland and Federal Govt Joint Steering Committee (Australian Government Representative)
  
• Queensland and Federal Govt Joint Steering Committee (Queensland Government Representative)
  
• Burnett Mary Technical Advisory Group Member

Science Review

In addition to external peer review processes the rigor of the science programs for both the Salinity and Water Quality programs is managed through a Science panel comprised of science leaders with a national reputation. The science panel meets periodically to review individual projects,
products, and the overall collective science output within the context of
the broader science community.