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Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan

The Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan aims to reduce the sediment and agricultural chemicals going into creeks, rivers and the ocean.

The Plan is detailed in a comprehensive book for landholders and stakeholders interested in water quality in the Burdekin. It looks at the current condition of the region’s 48 sub-catchments and the best management practices for grazing and sugar lands within these.

It also lists targets and priorities such as by 2018, 80% of sugar land has best practice herbicide management.

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Reef Plan

Improving water quality

There are a number of programs underway that are helping to make changes to the way farms are managed throughout the catchments adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef.

These initiatives are helping to reduce run-off from agricultural land into waterways that flow out into the marine environment.

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Rivers to Reefs

The rivers and streams of the NQ Dry Tropics region drain a tremendous diversity of tropical landscapes: semi-arid dry lands, wooded grasslands, mountainous tropical rainforests, coastal plains and wetlands.

They then flow to the Great Barrier Reef.

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