Waterwatch Resources

Please note: You can also receive free copies of any GCG Resources by contacting our office.

Monitoring Dates - Monitoring takes place on the third Sunday of every month.  Download 2009 monitoring dates here (PDF - 204 KB).

Ginninderra Waterwatch Resource Kit
  1.     Contents (228 kb)
  2.     Sign On / Sign Off Log Sheet (88 kb)
  3.     Waterwatch Sampling Dates 2010 (332 kb)
  4.     Some Reminders for Monitoring (72 kb)
  5.     Ginninderra Waterwatch Monitoring Plan Summary (192 kb)
  6.     Site Information Template (80 kb)
  7.     Safety Considerations (68 kb)
  8.     Collecting a Water Sample (148 kb)
  9.     Measuring Air Temperature (76 kb)
  10.     Measuring Water Temperature (80 kb)
  11.     Measuring pH (84 kb)
  12.     Measuring Electrical Conductivity (88 kb)
  13.     Measuring Turbidity (112 kb)
  14.     Measuring Dissolved Oxygen (532 kb)
  15.     Measuring Phosphates (84 kb)
  16.     Algae Assessment Reference Photographs (5.7 MB)
  17.     Ginninderra Waterwatch Field Data Sheet Template (92 kb)
Ginninderra Waterwatch - From Monitoring to Action!
An educational leaflet summarising the results of the "Ginninderra Water Quality and Catchment Health Report Summary, 1999 - 2005". You can download it here: Ginninderra Waterwatch - From monitoring to action! (6.8 MB). Or collect some copies from the GCG office.




Waterwatch Volunteers - job description for monthly monitoring
A summary of what is involved in becoming a part of our monthly Waterwatch monitoring program.
WATER QUALITY REPORTS

 Water Quality and Catchment Health Report - Summary, 1999 - 2005.

Executive Summary
(376 kb)
For more details of this report, please contact the GCG office.



Water Quality and Catchment Health Report, 2004. (220kb)

Water Quality and Catchment Health Report, December 2003. (228 kb)

Water Quality and Catchment Health Report, June 2003. (676 kb)

Water Quality and Catchment Health Report 2002. (152 kb)

Ginninderra Creek Catchment, Waterwatch Water Quality Report. Report for the Year 1997. (312 kb)
WATERWATCH MACROINVERTEBRATE SNAPSHOTS

NSW Waterbug Detective Guide (NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation) A4. (552 kb)

Waterbug Survey Results Sheet (160 kb)

SIGNAL 2 A Scoring System for Macro-invertebrates ('Water Bugs') in Australian Rivers. User Manual. Bruce Chessman. Version 2 November 2001. (3.9 MB)