SYDNEY'S DEEP OCEAN OUTFALL

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Monitoring Results

Indicator Bacteria

• Regular monitoring of faecal coliforms at beaches in the vicinity of all three outfalls is undertaken by Beachwatch (EPA 1998).

Biological Communities

• Information on the biological environment in the vicinity of the three deep ocean outfalls is available in the Final Report Series from the Environmental Monitoring Program (EPA 1996a-g and references therein) and in a follow up study of soft bottom benthic communities (Krogh et al 1997). A long-term monitoring program for Sydney’s deep ocean outfalls (Krogh et al 1998) has now been implemented.

Faecal Coliform

Sydney's Deep Ocean Outfalls 

(Deep3_7) Last updated June 2000