Water and Environment Web Links
We hope you find these links useful in your search for information. Please contact us if you find any websites that can be added to our list, or if any of our links are not working. Sites reviewed by 1998 year 10 Water Quality students*, and Ms Froud.
CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
This site contains very good information, eg detailed pictures in the algae section of the photo gallery.
Healthy Waterways
Lake Macquarie Catchment Management Committee
Melbourne Water,Australia,Yarra River, Port Phillip Bay, school community program
Site includes info on Water Quality of Greater Melbourne's waterways, major pollution incidents and steps taken to overcome this. Factors that affect waterways, and how to improve them. Useful site.
Native Fish Australia Home Page
Ribbons of Blue
Southern Tasmania's Waterways and Wilderness- A journey of diversity and discovery
Waterwatch Australia
Welcome to the Murray River Website
Environment Australia On-line
NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation
Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology,Australia
Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Victoria
Welcome to Sydney Water
OzGreen
List of links
Streamwatch
A well-designed and presented site, a 'must' for school and community water-care groups.
Wet Net: Who's Wet?
A page of useful water links
Aquatic Ecology Page
Useful site for students. Includes links on- general aquatic information, plants, algae, ichthyology and herpetology, insects, birds, general biology and ecology, manuals, companies and products. Also, links to organisations and biological stations. Not Australian.
Aquatic Insects
Belmont Languages High School Streamwatch Site
See what Belmont High's Stream Team do in their local area. Site includes info on water testing, maps showing sampling sites, Mill Creek photos and info, bugs r us sampling day with bug pix, E coli levels from a drain entering Lake Macquarie, and more.
Byron Bay High School Streamwatch Page
Site includes info on water testing, and a map showing sites tested. Also links.
Carine High School Ribbons of Blue
Water test results and photos of area sampled.
Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
Very interesting and attractive web site. Includes- news, lists, information, education, plans, legislation and strategies.
El Nino Theme Page
Very specific info on the El Nino effect. A lot of info about PNG.
Animation of the July 17 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami
Welcome to Tsunami! An interactive, on-line, tsunami information resource
Directory of important wetlands in Australia
*Students included- Linda, Bec and Natalie; Luke and Craig , Tony Kocsmar and Adam Leis, Angela and Amanda, Rennae and Cindy, Robert Wilkes and David Knight, Mariah Ball, Tracy and Lisa, Nathan Harris and Sean O'Leary.
