Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary System Management Strategy ...

EPA Report on the Peel-Harvey Progress and Compliance Report, 2003
Environmental Protection (Peel-Harvey Estuary) Policy 1992 (as revised from time to
time).
ERC Recommendation W1
It is recommended that scaled phosphorus targets for Serpentine River at Dog Hill, the
Murray River at Pinjarra, and Harvey River at Clifton Park be used to complement the
system-wide targets contained in the Ministerial Conditions. This will provide a nested
series of catchment targets for different scales of application to support compliance
testing.
ERC Recommendation W2
It is recommended that the current system targets for estuarine water quality and
catchment runoff should be maintained and reviewed again in 10 years. This would
allow for a longer series of flow years on which to base a system-wide performance
audit.
ERC Recommendation W3
It is recommended that other measures of system health for the estuary, rivers, streams,
wetlands and the Peel-Harvey catchment be explored. Given the degree of community
interest in the Peel-Harvey Estuary System, it is recommended that the EPA should
commence extensive public consultation to obtain the community’s views on the
environmental quality it desires and meaningful measures of system health for the
estuaries and the catchment
ERC Recommendation W4
It is recommended that the current phosphorus target for estuarine water quality and
catchment runoff should be maintained until at least the year 2008 and reviewed in the
light of valid monitoring data.
ERC Recommendation W5
It is recommended that bottom-end target loads for nitrogen should be developed in
accordance with the targets set in the EPP.
ERC Recommendation W6
It is recommended that a nutrient inventory be prepared to facilitate the identification of
nutrient hotspots and the cumulative impacts of more diffuse ones, and to enable a riskbased
approach to nutrient reduction to be implemented.
ERC Recommendation W7
It is recommended that an independent system-wide audit of the environmental condition
of the estuaries, rivers, streams, wetlands and the Peel-Harvey catchment (including
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