The River Health Report Card assesses the ecological health of waterways in the Georges River catchment, including its freshwater creeks and estuary. The Georges Riverkeeper team worked tirelessly to complete sampling at 51 individual sites throughout the catchment within the prescribed period and conduct rigorous analysis of our findings. This work has now returned results graded from A+ (Excellent) to F- (Poor) based on environmental guidelines, which may be utilised by Member Councils and Stakeholders in conducting evidence based, best practise management of the Georges River.
The Report Card found that the overall ecological grade for the freshwater reaches of the Georges River was C+ in 2023-24 which is a slight drop from B- in 2021-22. The overall estuary grade improved to A- this year from B in 2021-22.
Georges Riverkeeper’s monitoring program has compared the ecological condition of waterways across the Georges River catchment since 2009 and assessed changes over time. The waterways assessed are representative of those occurring across the nine major subcatchments contributing freshwater to Georges River, plus the 46 km of estuary in the main channel of the river which is influenced by the tides (from Liverpool Weir to Botany Bay).
