Soil/landscape assessment and monitoring design for WTMIP 'Catchment Repair and Treatment Systems Design Phase 2' (Old ID 26616)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
The 'Catchment repair and treatment systems phase 2' activity of the Wet Tropics Major Integrated Project (WTMIP) aims to reduce nitrogen loads in runoff from agricultural landscapes by installing treatment wetlands as well as 'denitrification bioreactors' in the Tully and Johnstone catchments. Aspart of this consortium submission (partners include AWC, Alluvium, Premise/Turbid) to Terrain JCU will be involved in assessing soil and landscape features at the proposed sites, collecting and analysing information on soil profiles and helping in the design and implementation of 1 treatment wetland and 5 denitrifying bioreactors.
Date
01 Jun 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
Project Type
CONTRACT_RESEARCH
Keywords
Sugarcane;Water Quality;Nitrate;Runoff;Wet Tropics;Great Barrier Reef
Funding Body
FNQ NRM Ltd (Terrain Natural Resource Management)
Amount
13740
Project Team
Alex Cheesman