Report
Development of regional water quality and catchment guidelines for the conservation of aquatic ecosystems: a case study from the Georges River catchment
Key Points
-
Urban development in the Georges River catchment is strongly associated with the degradation of stream ecosystems.
-
The formulation of regional ecosystem and water quality guidelines, following the approach suggested by ANZECC (2000), is recommended to protect the remaining areas with clean and high conservation value waterways of the Georges River catchment.
-
We suggest that management targets for the protection of freshwater streams include both ‘catchment effective imperviousness’ and ‘riparian habitat condition’ along with traditional water quality attributes.
