Upper Brisbane River environmental values and water.
The River's Edge Strategy is Council’s plan to improve access and activity on and alongside the inner-city reaches of the Brisbane River. The strategy guides the enhancement of the river’s recreational and economic development opportunities over the next 10 years.
Request Brisbane River Catchment Flood Study models You can request a copy of the Brisbane River Catchment Flood Study models to be released under licence agreement to your business. These hydraulic and hydrologic assessments have been undertaken in response to the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, providing a comprehensive plan to manage Brisbane River flood risk.
Beginning at Mount Stanley, the Brisbane River is south east Queensland's longest river and flows 344km through Brisbane city and out into Moreton Bay. Named after Thomas Brisbane, the 1823 New South Wales Governor, by its first European explorer John Oxley, the Brisbane River is damned by the Wivenhoe Dam which forms Lake Wivenhoe, Brisbane's main water supply.
Brisbane River environmental values and water quality objectives: basin no.143 (part) including all creeks of the Brisbane River estuary, other than Oxley Creek. Also Titled. Environmental values and water quality objectives for the Brisbane River estuary Other Authors. Queensland. Environmental Protection Agency Published. Brisbane, Qld.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072, Australia Abstract Australia is experiencing significant environmental problems both on land and in its marine areas and several of these problems are interconnected. Clearing of trees and woodland is still substantial and apart from adding to CO 2 emissions, has a number of other unfavourable environmental consequences e.g. on water systems.
For many years I have been concerned about the pollution in Cabbage Tree Creek and Nundah creek at Shorncliffe north of Brisbane. There is a dissfuncional sewerage plant along Cabbage Tree creek that regularly dumps sewerage into the creek especially after rain. Nundah Creek feeds into CTC and it is close to a former refuse dump. I now live at Margate and have not lived at Shorncliffe for many.
Why did the Brisbane River change from blue to brown? A University of Queensland PhD student’s research could provide the answer. Luis Neumann has been researching the sediment processes in the river that are responsible for the turbidity or “dirtiness” of the water. Supervised by lecturer in environmental engineering Dr Tony Howes, Mr Neumann’s innovative thesis is unique in that his.