Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
The Australian and Queensland Governments, in partnership with a wide range of industry and community groups, developed the Reef Water Quality Protection Reef Plan (Reef plan). Its goal is to halt and reverse the decline in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (the Reef) within 10 years.
To achieve this goal, the Reef plan has two objectives:
- to reduce the load of pollutants (sediment, nutrients and chemicals) from diffuse sources in the water entering the Reef
- to rehabilitate and conserve areas of the Reef catchment that have a role in removing water-borne pollutants.
There are six regional groups within reef catchments helping to implement the Reef plan:
For information on how you can help to protect the Reef and increase the quality of water in our creeks and rivers or to visit the Reef plan website.
Last updated 22 December 2008