An integrated set of Action Plans, the SEQ Healthy Waterways Strategy 2007 – 2012 is designed to maintain and improve the health of the waterways and catchments of South East Queensland. The Strategy aims to improve the health of our waterways by:
- achieving significant reductions in both urban and non-urban diffuse source pollution—diffuse source pollution comes from a variety of sources such as sediment from catchments
- achieving significant decreases in point source pollution—point source pollution originates from a single point such as waste water treatment plants
- protecting and conserving high ecological value waterways
- improving catchment health
- combating coastal algal blooms
- increasing the commitment and capacity of the general community
- improving management via better modelling and evaluation
- refining the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program
