Technical Reports and Environmental Management Studies
Technical reports provide information of a technical or scientific nature and cover a range of matters pertinent to environmental protection in Western Australia. Technical reports may detail the collection, analysis and interpretation of scientific data, or describe procedures for monitoring or making measurements of environmental variables in the field.
Published Date: March 20, 2015
The EPA has established an environmental quality management framework for Cockburn Sound, which has been given effect through the State Environmental (Cockburn Sound) Policy 2015 (Government of Western Australia, 2015). The framework is underpinned by established environmental values and clearly expressed and spatially defined environmental quality objectives to guide decision-making and provide the common goals for management.
Read more...Published Date: June 15, 2012
Several water quality surveys were undertaken in the coastal waters of the Kimberley region from September 2007 to August 2008 to measure typical TSS concentrations and determine background total and dissolved concentrations of aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, silver and zinc. This work was undertaken to establish a baseline for the Kimberley from which to assess local and regional changes in water quality in years to come and to ascertain whether the guideline trigger values from ANZECC & ARMCANZ (2000) are relevant to the region.
Read more...Published Date: May 30, 2012
Following a blowout at the Montara wellhead platform on 21 August 2009, petroleum hydrocarbons flowed effectively unabated into the Timor Sea, approximately 175 kilometres (km) from Western Australian coastal waters, until the leak was contained on 3 November 2009. This report presents findings of a petroleum hydrocarbons survey conducted in July 2010 as part of the response to the Montara incident.
Read more...Published Date: March 8, 2012
A water quality survey was undertaken in December 2008 at two locations on the Western Australian Kimberley coast that were shortlisted as potential sites for the construction of an LNG processing precinct. Water samples were collected and processed to determine total suspended solids (TSS), chlorophyll a, b and c, ammonia, total phosphorous (P), total nitrogen (N), nitrate plus nitrite (NO3+NO2) and orthophosphate concentrations at selected sites across both study areas.
Read more...Published Date: July 31, 2010
A survey was carried out to establish a quantitative baseline for petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater, shoreline sediments, intertidal filter feeders and cultured pearl oysters across the Kimberley bioregion.
Read more...Published Date: November 30, 2009
This technical report comprises part of Appendix 4 of EPA Report 1359. The report is a summary of the vertebrate fauna values of the Dawesville to Binningup study area for herpetofauna, avifauna, non-volant mammals and bats, together with a consideration of the overall significance of the study area for vertebrate fauna. It was prepared for the EPA by John Dell and Bridget Hyder.
Read more...Published Date: November 30, 2009
This technical report comprises part of Appendix 4 of EPA Report 1359.
The report, on the avifauna, is part of a series of studies which assess the vertebrate fauna values of the Dawesville to Binningup study area. It was prepared for the EPA by John Dell and Bridget Hyder.
Read more...Published Date: October 31, 2009
This technical report comprises part of Appendix 4 of EPA Report 1359. The report, on the non-volant mammals, is part of a series of studies which assess the vertebrate fauna values of the Dawesville to Binningup study area. It was prepared for the EPA by John Dell and Bridget Hyder.
Read more...Published Date: April 30, 2008
A report for the Department of Environment and Conservation as part of the Swan Bioplan Project. Authors:BJ Keighery, GJ Keighery, A Webb, VM Longman and EA Griffin (April 2008)
A survey of the Whicher Scarp was undertaken by the Departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Land Management together with the Wildflower Society of Western Australia (Inc.) over a period of more than 10 years. This work was completed as part of the Swan Bioplan Project to provide a more detailed knowledge of the conservation status of species and communities that occur in this area.
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Published Date: July 31, 2007
This report provides the results of a survey to determine the concentrations of a range of selected metal and organic chemicals in marine sediments under natural background conditions in the Midwest region and to ascertain the applicability the nationally-recommended sediment quality guidelines from the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality to the region. A set of sediment quality guidelines that could be applied to the marine environment off the Midwest coast is provided.
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