Brisbane Waterway Health Monitoring Data Since 2006

Brisbane City Council's Local Waterway Health Assessment program consolidates biotic and abiotic monitoring data from 2006 onward. The dataset includes aquatic indicators such as fish, macrophytes, riparian habitat, and water quality measurements across the council's catchments. This long-term monitoring supports compliance, performance reporting, and informs waterway management programs.

Use Cases

• Assessing long-term trends in water quality based on monitoring data collected since 2006
• Modeling relationships between biotic indicators like fish populations and abiotic water quality factors
• Evaluating the health of riparian habitats across different catchments within Brisbane
• Supporting compliance reporting and corporate performance indicators for local government

Strengths

• Data collection spans over 15 years, starting in 2006, providing a long-term perspective.
• Includes multiple aquatic ecosystem indicators: fish, macrophytes, riparian habitat, and water quality.
• Derived from a formal monitoring program (Local Waterway Health Assessment) with a clear governance purpose.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Brisbane City Council catchments.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council's Local Waterway Health Assessment (LWHA) program.

Collection Method

Consolidation of biotic and abiotic monitoring data from the LWHA program.

Time Range

Since 2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:58:48.858901; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane City Council catchments, Queensland, Australia.