YAN recently won a contract to undertake water quality testing which will contribute towards developing a salinity profile for the Yass River catchment. Throughout this project we are working under the direction of Andrew Woolridge from NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
This week's water samples were collected from the following waterways: Derringullen, Bowning, Washpen, Woolgaro, Limestone, Gallop, Bango, Mantons, Murrumbateman, Dicks and Hickeys Creeks. These waterways cross Black Range Road several times, move through Bowning, Bango, Manton and Murrumbateman localities.
Our water collection officer Debra Butt either had an easy task of collecting a water sample from water flowing over the roadway or she had the other extreme of having to navigate densely vegetated creek banks to collect that important water sample.
The above, small but important waterways reflect the level of salinity in the landscape and regular monitoring will enable specialist staff from DPE to develop future management strategies to either maintain or reduce salinity across the Yass Valley.
