The EPA recently took part in the SA Coastal Conference at the Adelaide Sailing Club, where it promoted its achievements in water quality improvements and the successful Catchment to Coast project.
Linda-Marie McDowell and Warwick Noble from the EPA Water Quality Branch were among the 150 people who took part in the 2-day event which focussed on South Australia’ coastal environments.
Participants included representatives from local government (regional and metropolitan coastal councils), state agencies, universities (academics and students) and non-government organisations including the SA Conservation Council, Dolphin Watch, Eco-Surf and Friends of Gulf St Vincent.
Linda-Marie presented her work on the Australian Government funded National Landcare Program, the Catchment to Coast project, which is inspiring local action for water quality improvement across the Adelaide region.
EPA staff gained valuable information from this conference including issues related to local government coastal adaption work, coastal, estuarine and marine monitoring, natural resources management, citizen science work and developing networks of coastal contacts.