Water Quality Improves Across the Great Lakes Catchment

New research reveals a steady improvement in water quality across the Wallis, Smiths and Myall Lakes

The Great Lakes Council's annual Waterways Report Card has just been released, six years after its Water Quality Improvement Plan began.

The council's Prudence Tucker said more still needs to be done at the Wallamba River Estuary, to reduce run-off and pollution.

But she said Pipers Creek is substantially better.

"Now that's an area that receives water from almost all of Forster and in previous years it's been a big target of all our work," she said.

"That includes water quality treatment in our urban space, water sensitive urban design.

"We've received B grades in the past and this year we've received an A which is fantastic."

Ms Tucker said sites across the Wallis, Smiths and Myall Lakes have steadily improved but there are still problems in the Wallamba estuary.

"It's an area that receives a lot of water from the rural catchment," she said.

"We need to work a lot harder in our catchment with our landholders to help to improve and reduce the amount of runoff coming off that land."

Source: ABC

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