Brisbane Waterway Enterococci Monitoring Results for 2025–2026

Brisbane City Council monitors microbial contamination at 11 recreational sites in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay. Enterococci levels are measured bi-monthly in summer and monthly in winter, with data published to inform public health risk. The dataset is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing public health risk for recreational water activities based on enterococci levels.
• Analyzing seasonal water quality patterns based on bi-monthly summer and monthly winter sampling.
• Investigating the impact of rainfall events on microbial contamination as suggested by the description.
• Monitoring compliance with water quality standards at 11 specific recreational sites.

Strengths

• Focuses on 11 specific recreational water sites in the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay.
• Sampling frequency is defined as bi-monthly in summer and monthly in winter.
• Data is published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

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 sites.

Time Range

2025–2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 15:09:25.188243; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane River and Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia