Port Phillip Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program
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| Water quality in Port Phillip Bay is vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem that supports a diverse community of marine plants and animals. Good water quality is essential to support uses such as aquaculture, fishing, recreation and tourism.
The Port Phillip Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program is one of nine Baywide Monitoring Programs. Its objective is to detect changes in water quality outside expected variability.
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The program runs from 2008 to 2011 and monitors physical and chemical properties such as salinity and oxygen levels, biological characteristics, as well as the concentrations of nutrients and metals including copper, nickel and lead monthly at 11 fixed sites in the Bay.
The program is conducted by EPA Victoria 
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For more information on the Water Quality Monitoring Program download the fact sheet.
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Results
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The reports below present data from water quality sampling conducted monthly at 11 sites around the Bay.
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| Monthly reports for the period ending:
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The following Milestone reports provide more detailed discussion of the Bay's water quality, drawing on the results of the monthly sampling program (above) and other relevant data sources.
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| Milestone reports for results to:
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To view information and results from other programs that monitor Bay water quality click on the links below.
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Beach Monitoring Program
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Turbidity Monitoring Program
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Plume Intensity & Extent Monitoring Program
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Nutrient Cycling Monitoring Program
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Algal Blooms Monitoring Program
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Water Quality in Port Phillip & Westernport Catchment Monitoring Program
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Bacterial Contamination in the Yarra River Monitoring Program
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Return to a list of all monitoring programs
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Please note: Document(s) on this page are presented in PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Reader, you can download a copy free from the Adobe website.
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