{"id":1867,"date":"2019-09-06T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/p2r-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:38:44","slug":"monitoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/waterway-health\/monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring waterway health"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/p2rslider.jpg” bg_position=”center bottom” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]WATERWAY HEALTH MONITORING[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”55″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”main_heading_row” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563857212904{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_3_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”95″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF REEF PROJECTS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”55″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-tl”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1579225271032{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Overview<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1597797635542{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan<\/a> includes basin-by-basin targets for reducing pollutants affecting the Great Barrier Reef. Many projects are underway to address both urban and agricultural pollutant sources.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1597797644993{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Australian and Queensland governments’ have a framework of report cards that evaluate progress towards these targets.<\/p>\n

Terrain coordinates the programs for the Wet Tropics Region.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1597718391307{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]1. Paddock to Reef<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1778805521487{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program (P2R) monitors and measures changes in contaminant loads and links on-ground practice changes with water quality and flow data. It brings the work of many projects together, providing a framework for evaluating and reporting on progress to the targets in the 2050 Catchment Water Quality Strategy.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1597717945531{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Download factsheet for more information on Paddock to Reef<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1597797941111{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]2. Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1597718070581{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The annual Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card is produced by Wet Tropics Waterways, a partnership of 50+ organisations. The operations team are based within Terrain NRM.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563857224215{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}” el_class=”great_3_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”240″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1579225483547{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Report Cards<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1624342519561{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"reefInformation gathered as part of the Paddock to Reef program is incorporated into the Reef Water Quality Report Card<\/a> and the Wet Tropics Report Card<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”seperator_section” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/wettropicswaterways.org.au\/report-card\/” align=”right” margin_right=”0″ el_class=”gr3-btn”]Read More[\/mk_button][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-2-blog” el_class=”news_section” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”30″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”13″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_2″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1593586127062{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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