The Farm run-off treatment systems—toolkit fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on planning and designing farm run-off treatment trains, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.
Sediment basins
The Sediment basins fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of sediment basins to improve run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.
Buffer strips
The Buffer strips fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of buffer strips to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.
Vegetated swales and drains
The Vegetated swales and drains fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land owners on the use of vegetated swales and drains to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.
Constructed (treatment) wetlands
The Constructed (treatment) wetlands fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of constructed (treatment) wetlands to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.
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Wetland management case studies
On-farm wetland demonstration site–Lower Burdekin
The case study On-farm wetland demonstration site–Lower Burdekin shows how Burdekin cane farmer John Quagliata demonstrates how the rehabilitation of a wetland on his property will benefit his cane farming enterprise and also the quality of water entering the local waterway.
Watch the video to follow the rehabilitation process.
De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
The case study De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project shows the outcomes of partnership project carried out by the Queensland Wetlands Program (QWP) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The project on wetlands in agricultural production areas within the Mackay-Whitsunday region.
When existing resources are updated or new tools are added to WetlandInfo, the WetlandUpdate newsletter is sent to subscribers with the changes featured on a What’s New summary page, now renamed WetlandUpdate.
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2014) WetlandUpdate February 2014, WetlandInfo website, accessed 12 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/publications/latest-news/2014-01-03.html
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