WQ Online - National Action Plan Water Quality Projects

Our Projects

In January 2003 funding was approved under the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) for six projects (listed below), known collectively as the NAP Water Quality Program. Broadly these projects aim to:

Provide strategic support to the NAP Regional Bodies who are responsible for developing NRM management plans, and
Ensure that NAP water quality planning is linked to and integrates with other state water quality planning and management processes.

The six funded projects comprising the National Action Plan Water Quality Program

WQ01

Framework and processes for target-setting and monitoring:
Provides the overarching coordination and delivery of the water quality project outputs within a framework for regional target-setting and monitoring.

WQ02

Collation and assessment of existing water quality information:
Compiling and making available existing water quality data for catchments and providing interpretation to assist regional decision-making.

WQ03

Modelling landscape processes, management impacts and catchment loads:
Using spatial and temporal models to provide regions with user-friendly outputs related to landscape processes and the impacts of management practices on water quality.

WQ04

Riverine habitat condition assessment and review of management guidelines:
Provide a baseline of riverine habitat assessment data using the State of the Rivers methodology across NAP regions.

WQ05

Enhance community capacity to undertake monitoring of water quality targets:
Supporting community water quality monitoring through the development of methodologies, quality assurance protocols and training of community groups to implement these approaches.

WQO6

Water quality impacts on ecosystem health:
Assessing salinity and water quality impacts on Queensland freshwater ecosystems.