Synthesis of Water Quality influences in ports of the Fitzroy region, Queensland October 2015 Nicole Flint, Emma Jackson, Scott Wilson, Krista Verlis and John Rolfe School of Medical and Applied Sciences, and School of Business and Law CQUniversity Australia This report should be cited as: Flint, N., Jackson, E., Wilson, S., Verlis, K., and Rolfe, J. (2015). Synthesis of water quality influences in ports of the Fitzroy region, Queensland. A report to the Fitzroy Basin Association for the Fitzroy Water Quality Improvement Plan. CQUniversity Australia, North Rockhampton, Queensland. This document was prepared by Nicole Flint, Emma Jackson, Scott Wilson, Krista Verlis and John Rolfe (CQUniversity). The authors thank Amie Anastasi (CQUniversity), Tom Coughlin (Fitzroy Basin Association) and Gladstone Ports Corporation for reviewing the report. We thank Gordon Dwane and Megan Ellis (Gladstone Ports Corporation) for their cooperation and contributions, as well as PCIMP Inc. and several local industries for providing information on their environmental monitoring programs. For further information contact: Dr Nicole Flint School of Medical and Applied Sciences CQUniversity Australia North Rockhampton Campus Email:
[email protected] Phone: +61 7 4923 2128 Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................