Brisbane Waterway Enterococci Monitoring Results for Recreational Health, 2016-2017

2016–2017 monitoring results for enterococci levels at 11 recreational sites in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, published by Brisbane City Council. The data is collected bi-monthly in summer and monthly in winter to assess microbial contamination and public health risk. High levels of enterococci, which can vary daily and increase after heavy rainfall, indicate when primary water contact should be avoided.

Use Cases

• Assessing public health risk for recreational water activities based on enterococci levels.
• Analyzing seasonal variation in water quality based on bi-monthly summer and monthly winter sampling.
• Correlating water contamination spikes with rainfall events as mentioned in the description.
• Monitoring long-term trends in microbial pollution for specific sites in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay.

Strengths

• Data covers 11 specific monitoring sites in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay.
• Sampling frequency is defined as bi-monthly in summer and monthly in winter.
• Dataset has a defined temporal coverage from 2016 to 2017.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

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 only on Brisbane waterways.

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council ([email protected])

Collection Method

Council monitoring of enterococci levels at designated recreational sites.

Time Range

2016–2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:46:03.882714; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia