{"id":8308,"date":"2020-06-16T12:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T02:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/?page_id=8308"},"modified":"2020-06-18T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T05:10:12","slug":"reducing-sediment-runoff-to-the-reef","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/reducing-sediment-runoff-to-the-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Sediment Runoff to the Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8308\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8308-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-8308-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_rev-slider-widget widget_revslider panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n\t\t\t<!-- START Reducing Sediment Runoff to the Reef REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.5.25 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_7_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" 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title=\"Click for more\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8308-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-8308-1-1\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>A number of our research projects have successfully \u201cclosed the loop\u201d in terms of developing and implementing practical solutions that are demonstrably reducing the amounts of sediment being delivered to the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>Although only a small portion of the fine sediment from catchments and waterways reaches coral reefs and seagrass meadows, it can still have a significant impact by reducing light and water quality, especially during wet season flooding events. Understanding the sources of this sediment, its effects, and how future discharges can be reduced has been a key focus of the NESP TWQ Hub.<\/p>\n<p>By identifying the \u2018most environmentally detrimental sediment\u2019 in terms of transportability and nutrient bioavailability, some of the key sources of sediment have been identified. Subsequent research in gully remediation effectiveness for these areas has informed a number of investments and activities by groups such as Greening Australia and Indigenous land managers. Data from these and many other projects assessing and monitoring sedimentation is available on the Hub\u2019s online data repository, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eatlas.org.au\/data\/uuid\/1cd6890c-df51-479d-840e-d98699102ccf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eAtlas<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>New technologies used for monitoring, sampling and analysis have enabled Hub researchers to make a number of timely recommendations to end-users, many of which have since been adopted and incorporated into new practices. These include a standardised classification system for alluvial sediments, site-specific trigger levels associated with routine marine dredging, a \u2018desired state\u2019 for GBR seagrass meadows, as well as cost-effective gully remediation methods for land-holders and graziers.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, Greening Australia announced that phase one of their gully restoration works using techniques delivered through NESP TWQ research had reduced the sediment concentration leaving the treatment gully by an astonishing 97%. Based on this success, Greening Australia now plans to roll out the techniques used at Strathalbyn Station to erosion hotspots elsewhere along the Reef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8308-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-8308-1-2\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-1-2-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span style=\"color: #e08a09;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #bfbfbf;\"><span style=\"line-height: 140%;\">\u201cRecommendations from this work will be considered and incorporated into future programs and monitoring undertaken by the Port of Townsville and also be incorporated into risk assessments and scheduling for our routine dredging.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Melinda Louden, Port of Townsville<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-8308-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch kt-panel-row-stretch panel-widget-style panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8308-2\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-8308-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"you-tube-video panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"kad-vimeo-shortcode  videofit\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/341936402?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8308-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-8308-2-1\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"you-tube-video panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-2-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"kad-vimeo-shortcode  videofit\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/341936282?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-8308-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch kt-panel-row-full-stretch panel-widget-style panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8308-3\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-8308-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-3-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Related Projects<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Developing an approach to evaluate the effectiveness of investments in riparian management in the GBR catchments - Project 1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">A validation of coral geochemical records to reconstruct suspended sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon - Project 1.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing sediment sources to the Reef: testing the effectiveness of managing alluvial gully erosion - Project 1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Identification, impacts, and prioritization of emerging contaminants present in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait marine environments - Project 1.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Scoping options for low-lying, marginal cane land to reduce DIN in priority wet tropics catchments - Project 2.1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation on downstream water quality and agricultural production in GBR rangelands - Project 2.1.4<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">What\u2019s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin and fate of the environmentally detrimental sediment - Project 2.1.5<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Engaging with farmers and demonstrating water quality outcomes to create confidence in on-farm decision-making (also known as Project 25) - Project 2.1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm nitrogen management - Project 2.1.8<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Risk assessing dredging activities - Project 2.1.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">The application and adaption of mine site rehabilitation approaches to alluvial gully rehabilitation in the Bowen Catchment - Project 2.1.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-2-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health threats to the high diversity Torres Strait and far northern GBR from runoff from the Fly River - Project 2.2.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Impacts of mine derived pollution on Torres Strait environments and communities - Project 2.2.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-3-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Benthic light as ecologically validated GBR wide indicator for water quality: drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks - Project 2.3.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improving water quality for the Great Barrier Reef and wetlands by better managing irrigation in the sugarcane farming system - Project 3.1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Ecotoxicology of pesticides on the Great Barrier Reef for guideline development and risk assessments - Project 3.1.5<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef: developing optimal approaches for treating alluvial gully erosion - Project 3.1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-2-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Deriving ecologically relevant load targets to meet desired ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: a case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region - Project 3.2.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-4-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Gully characterisation framework to underpin GBR catchment water quality management - Project 4.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-4-projects\/project-4-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural land conversion to wetlands - Project 4.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-4-projects\/project-4-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Sources, transformations and fate of dissolved organic carbon \u2013 implications for the GBR - Project 4.11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Benthic light as ecologically-validated GBR-wide indicator for water quality: Drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks - Project 5.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Deriving ecologically relevant targets to meet desired ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: A case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region - Project 5.4<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">What\u2019s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin and fate of the environmentally detrimental sediment and associated bioavailable nutrients - Project 5.8<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Gully remediation effectiveness - Project 5.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Development and application of automated tools for high resolution gully mapping and classification from LiDAR data - Project 5.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm nitrogen management - Project 5.11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN risk, low-lying sugarcane areas in Burdekin and Mackay Whitsunday regions - Project 5.12<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Coastal wetland systems repair across GBR catchments \u2013 values based causal framework validation - Project 5.13<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing nitrogen runoff without reducing industry productivity - Project 6.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-8308-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch kt-panel-row-stretch panel-widget-style panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8308-4\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-8308-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8308-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>A number of our research projects have successfully \u201cclosed the loop\u201d in terms of developing and implementing practical solutions that are demonstrably reducing the amounts of sediment being delivered to the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>Although only a small portion of the fine sediment from catchments and waterways reaches coral reefs and seagrass meadows, it can still have a significant impact by reducing light and water quality, especially during wet season flooding events. Understanding the sources of this sediment, its effects, and how future discharges can be reduced has been a key focus of the NESP TWQ Hub.<\/p>\n<p>By identifying the \u2018most environmentally detrimental sediment\u2019 in terms of transportability and nutrient bioavailability, some of the key sources of sediment have been identified. Subsequent research in gully remediation effectiveness for these areas has informed a number of investments and activities by groups such as Greening Australia and Indigenous land managers. Data from these and many other projects assessing and monitoring sedimentation is available on the Hub\u2019s online data repository, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eatlas.org.au\/data\/uuid\/1cd6890c-df51-479d-840e-d98699102ccf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eAtlas<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>New technologies used for monitoring, sampling and analysis have enabled Hub researchers to make a number of timely recommendations to end-users, many of which have since been adopted and incorporated into new practices. These include a standardised classification system for alluvial sediments, site-specific trigger levels associated with routine marine dredging, a \u2018desired state\u2019 for GBR seagrass meadows, as well as cost-effective gully remediation methods for land-holders and graziers.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, Greening Australia announced that phase one of their gully restoration works using techniques delivered through NESP TWQ research had reduced the sediment concentration leaving the treatment gully by an astonishing 97%. Based on this success, Greening Australia now plans to roll out the techniques used at Strathalbyn Station to erosion hotspots elsewhere along the Reef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span style=\"color: #e08a09;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #bfbfbf;\"><span style=\"line-height: 140%;\">\u201cRecommendations from this work will be considered and incorporated into future programs and monitoring undertaken by the Port of Townsville and also be incorporated into risk assessments and scheduling for our routine dredging.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Melinda Louden, Port of Townsville<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"widget-img-shadow panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-4-1-2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-8308\"\n\t\t\t data-overlay-enabled=\"1\" 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title=\"Click for more\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"you-tube-video panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-4-1-5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"kad-vimeo-shortcode  videofit\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/341936402?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"you-tube-video panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-4-1-6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"kad-vimeo-shortcode  videofit\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/341936282?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8308-4-1-7\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8308-4-1-7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Related Projects<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Developing an approach to evaluate the effectiveness of investments in riparian management in the GBR catchments - Project 1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">A validation of coral geochemical records to reconstruct suspended sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon - Project 1.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing sediment sources to the Reef: testing the effectiveness of managing alluvial gully erosion - Project 1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-1-projects\/project-1-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Identification, impacts, and prioritization of emerging contaminants present in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait marine environments - Project 1.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Scoping options for low-lying, marginal cane land to reduce DIN in priority wet tropics catchments - Project 2.1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation on downstream water quality and agricultural production in GBR rangelands - Project 2.1.4<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">What\u2019s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin and fate of the environmentally detrimental sediment - Project 2.1.5<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Engaging with farmers and demonstrating water quality outcomes to create confidence in on-farm decision-making (also known as Project 25) - Project 2.1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm nitrogen management - Project 2.1.8<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Risk assessing dredging activities - Project 2.1.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-1-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">The application and adaption of mine site rehabilitation approaches to alluvial gully rehabilitation in the Bowen Catchment - Project 2.1.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-2-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health threats to the high diversity Torres Strait and far northern GBR from runoff from the Fly River - Project 2.2.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-2-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Impacts of mine derived pollution on Torres Strait environments and communities - Project 2.2.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-2-projects\/project-2-3-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Benthic light as ecologically validated GBR wide indicator for water quality: drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks - Project 2.3.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improving water quality for the Great Barrier Reef and wetlands by better managing irrigation in the sugarcane farming system - Project 3.1.2<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Ecotoxicology of pesticides on the Great Barrier Reef for guideline development and risk assessments - Project 3.1.5<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-1-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef: developing optimal approaches for treating alluvial gully erosion - Project 3.1.7<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-3-2-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Deriving ecologically relevant load targets to meet desired ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: a case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region - Project 3.2.1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-3-projects\/project-4-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Gully characterisation framework to underpin GBR catchment water quality management - Project 4.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-4-projects\/project-4-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Evaluating the costs and benefits of agricultural land conversion to wetlands - Project 4.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-4-projects\/project-4-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Sources, transformations and fate of dissolved organic carbon \u2013 implications for the GBR - Project 4.11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Benthic light as ecologically-validated GBR-wide indicator for water quality: Drivers, thresholds and cumulative risks - Project 5.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Deriving ecologically relevant targets to meet desired ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: A case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region - Project 5.4<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">What\u2019s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin and fate of the environmentally detrimental sediment and associated bioavailable nutrients - Project 5.8<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Gully remediation effectiveness - Project 5.9<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Development and application of automated tools for high resolution gully mapping and classification from LiDAR data - Project 5.10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm nitrogen management - Project 5.11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN risk, low-lying sugarcane areas in Burdekin and Mackay Whitsunday regions - Project 5.12<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-5-projects\/project-5-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Coastal wetland systems repair across GBR catchments \u2013 values based causal framework validation - Project 5.13<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/round-6-projects\/project-6-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px #000;\">Reducing nitrogen runoff without reducing industry productivity - Project 6.3<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8308-4-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of our research projects have successfully \u201cclosed the loop\u201d in terms of developing and implementing practical solutions that are demonstrably reducing the amounts of sediment being delivered to &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/reducing-sediment-runoff-to-the-reef\/\" aria-label=\"Reducing Sediment Runoff to the Reef\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesptropical.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}