Acid Sulphate Potential Monitoring

General information on acid sulphate soils:

Canterbury City Council: Advice on acid sulphate soils

CSIRO Land and Water: Management of acid sulphate estuarine lowlands

OzEstuaries: Coastal acid sulphate soils

For general data and acid sulphate soils maps go to CANRI for DIPNR data

Newsletter on Acid Sulphate Soils
ASSAY
NSW Agriculture
Wollongbar Agricultural Institute
Phone 02 6626 1355

Protocols

In aquatic systems;

Monthly assessment of;

Conductivity
pH
Dissolved Oxygen
Oxidation Reduction Potential
Temperature
Water level

Physical and chemical monitoring

In soils

Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (http://www.dipnr.nsw.gov.au/)
Acid Sulphate Soils Management Advisory Committee
"Acid Sulphate Soils Planning Guidelines"
November 1997 (Hard copy only)

Costs

Purchase of Multi probe approx $7,000-$20,000
Maintenance and calibration approx $2,000 pa
Establishment of remote monitoring station, cost unknown

Case study

Tweed Shire Council
http://www.eitechnology.com.au/mcleods.html

Department of Land and Water Conservation Hot Spot Monitoring Program (northern NSW)
http://www.data.greenspan.com.au/dlwchotspots/

Department of Agriculture: http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/soil-acidss

Kempsy Shire Council/Macleay River WQM project: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=cache:vY9QKzQZIb0J:marlin.mhl.nsw.gov.au/www/MacleayWaterQualityMonitoringProject.pdf+water+quality+load+monitoring+methods&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

People contacts

NSW DIPNR – Dr Greg Bowman
Dr Ian White (CSIRO)
http://www.cbr.clw.csiro.au/pyelab/people/iwcv.htm

Organisation contacts

CSIRO, Land and Water
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=division&id=Land%20and%20Water&stylesheet=division