Install local treatment systems for water quality improvements, using the cane drainage network.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Local scale water treatment systems have been trialled in the Wet Tropics and show potential for reducing nutrient levels and improving water quality. There are opportunities to install treatment systems in areas with high nutrient levels, in conjunction with practice change, to improve water quality flowing to the Great Barrier Reef. Treatment systems could include bioreactors, wetlands or drainage treatment (batter drains and include grassy edges).
EXAMPLE OF LOCAL ACTION:
Install appropriate treatment systems in waterways with high nutrient loads eg. Dundonald, Corduroy, Pungi and Woolcoo Creeks, Murray River.