Recreational Water Quality Management Plan

This 5-year plan ensures that residents and visitors will know where and when the water is safe for swimming, so they can better embrace and enjoy our our beaches and waterways.

The plan delivers a proactive, transparent and collaborative approach to managing recreational water quality and complements Our Coastal Lifestyle Strategy 2050.

Benefits and outcomes include:

  • an increase in monitored recreational waterways
  • improved understanding of water quality and it's influences at each site
  • reduced pollution and risks to public health
  • increased education and awareness of the risks that follow rainfall and how the community can better manage potential pollution sources
  • higher community confidence in the cleanliness of our monitored recreational waterways
  • improved infrastructure delivery through strategic planning that considers water quality impacts.
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