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Welcome to the Botany Bay Water Quality Improvement Program &
Botany Bay
Coastal Catchments Initiative
Welcome to the Botany Bay Water Quality Improvement Program (BBWQIP) and the Botany Bay Coastal Catchments Initiative (BBCCI) website.
Below is a brief overview of the BBCCI. As the BBWQIP progresses there will be more information and reports put on the site, so come back
regularly to find out what's been done!
Click here to download a two summary of the BBCCI
Water Quality Improvement Device Grants (Round 1 - Nov 2009)
To download a EOI Application and/or Project Brief please click here
Press Releases
To view all press/media releases please click here
Who is funding and managing it?
The Botany Bay Water Quality Improvement Program is currently being funded by the Australian Government through a contestable grant from the first Caring for Our Country Business Plan. It is being delivered and managed by the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority (SMCMA).
The Botany Bay Coastal Catchments Initiative (BBCCI) was majority funded by the Australian Government and being project managed
and part funded by the SMCMA.
What were the objectives or goals of the BBWQIP/BBCCI?
This program and the initiative
seek
to
achieve
long-term
protection
of
the
surface
waters
of
Botany
Bay,
its
estuaries
and
its
catchment. - To
produce
a
scientifically
derived
ecological
response
model
of
Botany
Bay
and
its
estuaries
that
can
be
used
to
model
the
impacts
changes
in
the
catchment
will
have
on
the
Bay's
ecological
communities.
-
It
will
primarily
be
focused
on
the
pollutants
washing
off
the
hard
surfaces
in
the
catchment
(suspended
solids,
nitrogen
and
phosphorus).
-
It
will
also
engage
with
councils
and
key
stakeholders
in
the
Botany
Bay
Catchment
so
they
can
participate
in
finding
and
implementing
innovative
solutions
to
improve
water
quality
in
the
Bay
and
catchment.
The ultimate goal is to develop an agreed water quality improvement plan for the surface waters of Botany Bay and its
catchment however, we will need to secure further funding to complete this goal.
What did the BBCCI Involve?
The major activities undertaken in the CCI are listed below in the approximate order they occur in:
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Prepare
a
Scoping
Study.
-
Map
the
Botany
Bay
Catchment
and
sub-catchments.
-
Prepare
a
Consultation
Strategy.
-
Set
draft
levels
of
protection
for
the
environmental
values
of
Botany
Bay
and
its
catchments
waterways.
-
Model
the
current
contributions
of
nutrients
and
sediments
pollution
in
the
catchment,
-
Conduct
an
ecological
characterisation
of
the
Towra
Point
Ramsar
site.
-
Develop
a
hydrodynamic
model
for
Botany
Bay
and
catchment
watercourses.
-
Establish
an
ecological
response
model
of
Botany
Bay
and
its
estuaries,
which
will
be
used
to
determine
how
much
of
several
key
pollutants
that
Botany
Bay
and
its
major
tributaries
can
receive
each
year
before
irreversible
ecological
damage
occurs.
-
Identify
opportunities
and
barriers
to
the
adoption
of
water
sensitive
urban
design
in
the
catchment.
-
Develop
draft
water
quality
objectives
and
load
targets
needed
to
protect
the
draft
environmental
objectives.
-
Develop
management
options
to
meet
the
water
quality
objectives
and
load
targets
and
assess
the
cost
and
effectiveness
various
options
and
select
most
appropriate
options
to
achieve
targets.
-
Develop
a
water
sensitive
urban
design
(WSUD)
adoption
strategy
and
support
councils
and
other
government
agencies
including
WSUD
in
their
planning
processes.
- Review the statutory and institutional arrangements relating to protecting water quality in Botany Bay, its estuaries and catchments.
These activities are completed and the results, findings and/or reports are available on publications page of this website.
When did it start and when will it be finished?
The first phase of the BBCCI commenced at the beginning of 2007 and was completed in late 2008.
The second stage (Botany Bay Water Quality Improvement Program) commenced in July 2009 and will be completed by July 2011
Where else has this sort of thing been done?
There are many other CCI projects being undertaken around Australia. They include:
Moreton Bay (Qld),
Great Barrier Reef (Qld)
Port Phillip and Western Port Bays (Vic),
Derwent Estuary (Tas),
Adelaide's Coastal Waters (SA),
Swan and Canning Estuaries (WA),
Darwin Harbour (NT), and
Myall and Wallis Lakes (NSW).
Contact Details
John Dahlenburg
Botany Bay Water Quality Improvement Program
Sydney Metropolitan CMA
P: (02) 9895 6244
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