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Water temperature – Pressures

Water temperature – Pressures

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Flow chart showing the major elements associated with water temperature management

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Sources of hot/cold water to wetlands:

  • Hot or cold water can be released into wetlands from point sources, urban areas via stormwater outflows or from upstream impoundments.

This pressure is to do with the direct input of water to a wetland that is of an unnatural temperature (e.g. the in-flowing water is hotter or colder than the wetland’s water temperature).

Last updated: 22 March 2013

This page should be cited as:

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