Technical
Report
Dive deeper into the data behind our Report Card
About the 2024 Technical Report
Each year, the Healthy Waters Partnership gathers and evaluates the most reliable and comprehensive environmental data available in our region.
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The resulting Technical Report presents an overview of the most recent condition of local waterway environments, based on monitoring data from the previous year. In 2024 the report is based on data collected from July 2022 to June 2023.
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The Technical Report behind the Report Card results are reviewed by two independent technical and science panels before being published for free public access and used by decision-makers and community.
Sources of data
The annual Waterways Report Card relies on data from the following sources: Townsville City Council, Port of Townsville Limited, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI), Queensland Herbarium, Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Monitoring Program (GBR-CLMP), James Cook University (TropWATER), Ornatas, Tangaroa Blue Foundation, ReefCheck Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Queensland Spatial Catalogue.
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We thank all Partners for their contributions to the 2024 Technical Report.
Learn about the process behind the Technical Report and Waterways Report Card here.
