Your creeks and streams are a valuable asset for you and downstream users. Learn how to manage them to prevent erosion, reduce salinity and improve water quality. Case studies show how to improve farm productivity by looking after your creeks.
What makes a waterway?
Terms and definitions
Is there a problem?
Identify, describe, map
What waterways to look at
What to look for.
What do waterways do?
Waterways supply water
Waterways are used for irrigation
Waterways are used for recreation
Waterways help control water flow.
The importance of plants in waterways
Plants help keep banks and streams stable
Controlling weeds.
The role of buffers and filters on waterways
Protecting waterways
Nutrient and pesticide contamination
Pathogens and bacteria
Salinity
Turbidity
Buffer strips - how wide?
Buffer zones have other uses.
Waterways are important for wildlife
Plants provide habitat
Improving your waterways as habitat and wildlife corridors.
Protecting your waterway
Keeping waterways stable
Earthworks and structures on streams
Protect your waterway with fencing
Protect your waterway by controlling erosion in your paddocks
Good farm management will protect your waterways.
Assessing the health of waterways
Water quality
Measuring turbidity
Taking in the whole farm picture
Putting it together
Rivercare - beyond the farm boundary.
Case Study - 'Goodwill'
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