www.ehpartners.c om.au 11 August 2015 Forum hosted by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Richard Sharp, FEIANZ, CEnvP Senior Consultant Environment & Infrastructure Issues concerning rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds in the ACT between 2000 to 2011
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11 August 2015
Forum hosted by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Richard Sharp, FEIANZ, CEnvPSenior ConsultantEnvironment & Infrastructure
Issues concerning rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds in the ACT between 2000 to 2011
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Overview• State of the Environment Report
• Canberra’s impact on the Murrumbidgee River
• Exceedance of water quality standards
• Lakes & ponds
• Rivers & creeks
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State of the Environment Report• Commissioner for Sustainability and the
Environment Act 1993 – A state of the environment report must include:
• An assessment of the condition of ….. water ….. human made or modified structures or areas [dams & ponds] ….. ecosystems and their constituent parts [creeks & rivers]