SERCUL’s water quality monitoring program assesses conditions, designs and implements monitoring programs and analyses results which include management recommendations. Water quality monitoring provides vital baseline information and monitors changes to gain understanding about water quality issues, hotspots and patterns to deliver integrated catchment management. This provides encouragement to continue, and increase, our efforts to protect and improve our water resources for ecosystem health and human well-being.
Services Provided
Pre-assessmentof the catchment
Sampling Analysis Plansand safety plans – development and implementation
Water and Sediment sample collection– ongoing/long term or one off monitoring
Graph preparation showing results per site, per location and per parameter
Ranking analysis – identify patterns and/or hot spots to be prioritised for improvement and/or protection
Identify sites/catchmentsrequiring an ongoing sampling program
Mapping to visualise sampling sites and results
Catchment and stormwater management recommendationsto improve the quality of water entering the rivers and wetlands
Data summationsand/or analysis of water quality data previously collected
Benefits of using SERCUL
Existing strong partnerships with stakeholders
Quality assurance and quality control during the data collection, collation and analysis
Use of the same standards and methods across the region following state and national guidelines
Department of Water WIN database registration
SERCUL also has capacity for:
Integrated mosquito issue assessment and management
Integrated vegetation and weed monitoring and weed control
Implementing management recommendations from water quality reports
The City of South Perth (CoSP) made a request to the South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare Inc. (SERCUL) to undertake an analysis of all the water quality data collected by the City from 1989 to 2008
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