River & land restoration

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River & land restoration

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Targeting reach-scale erosion hotspots

Our reach-scale streambank erosion program targets erosion hotspots utilising our scientific expertise and ability to bring together synergistic partnerships to reduce streambank erosion on a large scale. This is a major source of sediment entering our waterways causing a wide range of water quality challenges.

This is one of our signature holistic programs, designed to go beyond band-aid solutions which focus on fixing one problematic area of erosion in isolation.

Our approach uses the best available science and on-ground knowledge to identify multiple erosion hotspot sections along the length of a waterway, and what is contributing to the degradation in each section.

These reaches are targeted sections, often several kilometres of streambank, that are the highest priority or have the highest return on investment for restoration works. The approach targets rehabilitation efforts to where they will be most effective.


Developing investment plans for each of these reaches allows broad multi-stakeholder investment in riparian resilience for outcomes including flood risk reduction, water quality improvement, nutrient offset and carbon offsetting.

BENEFITS INCLUDE

Keeping sediment in the landscape and slowing the water flow in the upper catchments:
  • Prevents it from being mobilised into waterways, causing damage and endangering the ecosystems downstream through to Moreton Bay.
  • Reduces flooding risks.
  • Protects productive agricultural land.
  • Increases bank stabilisation.
  • Increases rain infiltration.
  • Reduces surface runoff.
  • Provides a stable area for sediment deposition.
  • Provides improved environmental outcomes for landholders.

Waterways are prioritised depending on their geographic linkage to existing rural and urban waterways, biodiversity corridors and value opportunities for rehabilitation.

Water

NRM WATER ICON

Access to clean, fresh useable water underpins every aspect of life in SEQ.

  • Drinking water supplied to our cities and towns is captured from rivers, streams, and groundwater sources from across the region.
  • Our waterways support communities, agriculture, industry, recreation and tourism, and underpin the health of ecosystems (water based ecosystems provide habitat for many important plants and animals).
  • There are more than 16,000 kilometres of rivers and streams across the region and 143,400 hectares of all wetland types.
  • The quality of water in these streams, wetlands, and groundwater systems is variable and closely linked to land-based activities.
    • Water quality is impacted by historical and current discharges from point sources such as wastewater treatment plants and stormwater drains and non-point sources such as broadscale vegetation clearing, agriculture, and urban development.
    • Population growth, urbanisation, climate events (such as droughts and floods) and riparian weeds are threats to the ongoing health of the water assets of SEQ.
    • Wetlands in particular, filter impurities such as excess nutrients and sediments.

Effective water management is critical to controlling pollution and improving water quality.

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GPO Box 735
MEANJIN (BRISBANE) 
QLD  4001  
Australia

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