NCCMA Internet - Waterwatch

The River Detectives at work

North Central Waterwatch is a water quality education and monitoring program, which aims to increase community understanding, participation and ownership of local water quality issues.

It achieves this goal by providing a broad range of structured activities, which encourage schools and the community to become actively involved in monitoring the health of their local creeks, rivers and wetlands. Waterwatch groups regularly check on water quality and work in partnership with water corporations, local government, landholders and businesses to improve environmental conditions.

Participating groups include primary and secondary schools; tertiary institutions; individuals; community, conservation and Landcare groups; and local government representatives.

North Central Waterwatch groups generally monitor a range of water quality parameters, including: pH, conductivity (salinity), temperature, turbidity, phosphorus and macroinvertabrates.

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