Publications

2006

Aquatic Health Unit (2006). Monitoring for Aquatic Ecosystem Protection in Rapid Creek. Report 19/2006D. Environmental Protection Agency Program, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts. Darwin.

Summary, introduction and table of contents (pdf 584Kb)
Factors affecting water quality in the Rapid Creek catchment (pdf 569Kb)
Aquatic monitoring in Rapid Creek - how healthy is it? (pdf 471Kb)
Recommendations, references and appendices (pdf 516Kb)

Dettrick, D and Schlusser, K (2006) A Report on the Larrakeyah Sewage Outfall Darwin Harbour (pdf 2.1Mb) Northern Territory Government.

Fortune, J. (2006). The grainsize and heavy metal content of sediment in Darwin Harbour (pdf 6.1Mb). Report No: 14/2006D. Aquatic Health Unit, Environment Protection Agency, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin, NT.

Fukuda, Y and Townsend, S., (2006) Dry Season Water Quality Resource Condition Targets for the Rivers and Streams of the Darwin-Litchfield-Bynoe Region. Northern Territory Government.

Lamche, G. (2006). Outer Darwin Streams: Culvert and Floodway Inventory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin.

Culvert Inventory Chapter 1-3 (pdf 576Kb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 4.1 (pdf 1.7Mb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 4.2 (pdf 841Kb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 4.3 (pdf 932Kb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 4.4 (pdf 457Kb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 4.5 (pdf 1Mb)
Culvert Inventory Chapter 5 (pdf 436Kb)

Schult, J. and Metcalfe R. (2006). High nitrate concentrations in the Douglas River and their impact on Daly River water quality (pdf 3.2Mb). Report No 9/2006D. Aquatic Health Unit, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin, NT.

Schult, J. and Welch M. (2006). The water quality of fifteen lagoons in the Darwin Region (pdf 5.4Mb). Report No: 13/2006D. Aquatic Health Unit, Environment Protection Agency, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin, NT.

Tien, A. T (2006). Influence of deep aquifer springs on dry season stream water quality in Darwin rural area (pdf 14Mb). Report No: 6/2006D. Water Monitoring Branch, Natural Resource Management Division, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin, NT.

Section 1 - Cover, abstract and table of contents (pdf 271Kb)
Section 2 - Background and scope (pdf 843Kb)
Section 3 - Physical setting (pdf 292Kb)
Section 4 - Field investigation (pdf 200Kb)
Section 5 - Springs from dolomite aquifer (pdf 4.4Mb)
Section 6 - Changes in surface water quality with distance and time (pdf 250Kb)
Section 7 - Discusion and recommendations (pdf 78Kb)
Section 8 - References (pdf 60Kb)

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