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Toxicants – Management response

Toxicants – Management response

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Flow chart showing the major elements associated with toxicant management

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Management practices to reduce toxicant load entering a wetland:

  • Adequate buffer zones
  • Chemical application method, rates and timing
  • Farm management systems (chemicals)
  • Government regulation
  • Organic (non-chemical) farming
  • Point source licensing and enforcement
  • Spill prevention and control/response plans
  • Various management practices that reduce erosion/soil loss as some chemicals bind to sediments

Last updated: 22 March 2013

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Toxicants – Management response, WetlandInfo website, accessed 14 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/pressures/lacustrine-palustrine-threats/toxicants/management.html