Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Health Scores, 2015-2024

2015-2024 annual scores for water quality, waterbug diversity, riparian vegetation, and overall health of over 200 monitored reaches in the Upper Murrumbidgee River catchment. Data is collected by Waterwatch volunteers and staff, aggregated from monthly water quality samples and periodic ecological assessments. The dataset is published by the ACT Government and is intended to inform catchment management policy.

Use Cases

• Assessing long-term trends in catchment health based on annual composite scores.
• Correlating land use impacts with water quality and ecological scores across defined reaches.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of community science programs for environmental monitoring.
• Mapping spatial patterns of waterway health across the Upper Murrumbidgee catchment.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year time range from 2015 to 2024.
• Data is aggregated from over 200 monitoring sites across the catchment.
• Includes multiple health indicators: water quality, waterbug diversity, and riparian vegetation.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data collection relies on volunteer efforts, which may introduce variability in sampling consistency.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-04-04.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi), author environment_ACTGOV.

Collection Method

Data collected by Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch volunteers and staff, summarized into annual reach scores.

Time Range

2015 - 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:59:04.711088

Geography

Upper Murrumbidgee River catchment, Australian Capital Territory region.