1. Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers program TEER Northern Tasmania Toni Furlonge March 2018

2. In Summary…. TEER program started in 2008 WQIP completed 2015
Using 7 years of our WQ data, developed own WQ indicator levels for report cards
In 2017 using WQIP, TEER leveraged financial support from 5 local government agencies, 2 state government agencies (EPA Lab support & Dept. Health Human services) and State Government for a further 3 years of continuous WQ monitoring and report cards
Local Government, NRM and Business’s worked together to develop catchment and Combined Systems Overflow improvement plans successful in winning State and Federal $$ in 2018

3. What we do … Bi annual meetings of partners – discuss and endorse
Partnership committee
Science and Technical committee
Working groups (FST, Stormwater, BG Algae)
Collate WQ data
Work with partners – EPA biological monitoring
Community Education – Schools and events
Supply WQ data to support decision making ie. Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades, Agricultural and Aquiculture development, River flows and proposed developments such as a Tamar barrage, tidal power generation and sediment management options.

4. WQIP targets & Report Cards - how we are tracking
Sewage treatment plant discharge loads show a
reduction of Total Suspended Solids, Total Nitrogen,
Total Phosphorous and overall discharge (12%, 25%, 36%
and 13% respectively).
Zone 1 shows a reduction in average monthly levels of
Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorous (22% and 10%
respectively),
all other zones show an increase (up to 13%) or small
decrease (up to 3%).
= Zone 1 doing really well, other zones not so well
WQIP Reduction Targets