Albany Waterways Resource Book: Water quality

Contents

4.1 Water quality and water pollution

What is pollution?
Why are waterways prone to pollution?
How do pollutants enter waterways?
Where does pollution come from?
What pollutants can harm waterways?

4.2 How pollution affects waterways

The effects of pollution
What is the state of Western Australia's south-western estuaries?

4.3 Preventing water pollution

The role of the Water and Rivers Commission
What does the Water and Rivers Commission do about pollution?

4.4 Water quality parameters

What are water quality parameters?
Parameter 1: Salinity
Parameter 2: Water acidity
Parameter 3: Temperature
Parameter 4: Dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand
Parameter 5: Suspended solids
Parameter 6: Nutrients
Parameter 7:Toxins (pesticides, heavy metals etc.)
Parameter 8: Pathogens
Parameter 9: Chlorophyll `a'
Parameter 10: Physical pollution (litter)

4.5 The water quality of Albany's waterways

General description
Pollution monitoring
Water quality parameters
Parameter 1: Salinity
Parameter 2:Temperature
Parameter 3: Nutrients
Parameter 4: Total suspended solids
Parameter 5:Toxins
Parameter 6: Pathogens
Other pollution