Assessing the Benefits of Using Existing Drainage infrastructure to Meet Reef Water Quality Targets. (Old ID 27132)

Department of the Environment and Energy
Role

Collaborator

Description

Landholders and local drainage authorities in the Russell-Mulgrave catchment have indicated their support for using controlled drainage to improve water quality outcomes. However, successful implementation requires underpinning modelling to understand where drainage control structures would best be located and what impact or benefit they might have. The drainage network in the Russell-Mulgrave catchment has only just been recently, and only partly, mapped, and no ground-truthing or modelling has yet been applied. This project will complete the high resolution drainage network mapping, ground-truth that mapping and apply hydrological modelling to determine the best locations and approaches for drainage control structures.

Date

01 Feb 2021 - 31 Mar 2021

Project Type

N/A

Keywords

drainage network;modelling;drainage control works;water quality control

Funding Body

Department of the Environment and Energy

Amount

50000

Project Team

Aaron Davis