Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre



Norske Skog Baseline Survey 2008

Full Title

Norske Skog Baseline Survey 2008

Contact Person 

Helen Gigney

Project Team

Helen Gigney and John Pengelly

Funding Body

Norske Skog

Duration

May to November 2008

Outcomes 

The project will produce sediment and macroinvertebrate surveys for the River Murray at Albury which will be presented in a report to the client.

Summary

The objective of the project is to establilsh baseline condition of sediments and macroinvertebrate communities in the River Murray at Albury prior to the commencement of river disposal of treated wastewater.  Sites upstream and downstream of the discharge site will be monitored under a BACI (Before, After, Control, Impact) project design in a monitoring program which extends upon work carried out between 1991 and 1998.