The Water Quality and Investigations (WQI) team is responsible for delivering two key water quality monitoring programs:
These programs support the monitoring and reporting roles of the Department as part of:
Beyond these programs, the team is actively involved in environmental investigations, assessments, and analyses relating to pollution events, ecotoxicology, water quality, and aquatic ecosystem health.
The Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation supports the transparent provision of environmental data through its open data policy.
The Pesticide Reporting Portal provides access to pesticide monitoring data collected across the eastern coast of Queensland, making it available to government and non-government stakeholders, landholders, managers, and the general public.
Remote-telemetered water level data provide context for investigating the influence of overland flow on pesticide loss under different management scenarios. The portal requires no specialised GIS software or licences.
To learn how to interpret the pesticide and water level graphs, including guideline thresholds and exceedances:
For more information about the Great Barrier Reef and South East Queensland Catchment Loads Monitoring Programs, please contact:
Email: wqi@qld.gov.au
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation makes no warranties regarding its accuracy, reliability, completeness, or suitability for any particular purpose. The Department disclaims all responsibility and liability (including negligence) for any expenses, losses, damages, or costs incurred due to inaccurate or incomplete information.
Unless otherwise noted, all copyright material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
Attribution request:
Water Quality & Investigations (2020) Catchment Loads Monitoring Program Pesticide Reporting Portal (Updated May 2024), Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia.
The WQI team acknowledges all members who contributed to the development of the Pesticide Reporting Portal.
We thank all stakeholders who assisted in water sample collection, including:
We also appreciate the support of Queensland Government catchment modellers, members, partners, and stakeholders of the Reef 2050 WQIP and the Paddock to Reef program.
Special thanks to:
The land use layer is provided by the Queensland Land Use Mapping Program (Qspatial) with land use types defined by the Australian Land Use and Management Classification (V.8).