EPA Tests The Water With New Boat
The Environmental Protection Agency has a new vessel for water quality monitoring in south-east QueenslandSerrata is a 7.6m aluminium Stabi-Craft custom-fitted to meet the EPA’s monthly water quality monitoring commitments. The EPA’s executive director of environmental sciences, Bob Speirs, said the $166,000 boat was a proud addition to the EPA’s fleet.
“The custom-fitted Serrata will greatly assist our Freshwater and Marine Sciences experts who measure water quality at 248 marine sites, from Deception Bay to Southport,” he said.
“It fits our requirements under the South-East Queensland Ecological Health Monitoring Program – monitoring water quality in Moreton Bay and the region’s coastal estuaries.
“The vessel features a cut out door so our team can safely take water samples, and a davit – a crane-like machine – for lifting water-quality monitoring buoys in and out of the vessel.
“The boat is larger and more stable than the EPA’s other vessels, allowing the water monitoring team to operate further offshore in open waters off the Gold Coast and further north.”
Speirs said the EPA’s Freshwater and Marine Sciences team had been collecting water quality data from waterways since 1969. “We have used this data, together with information collected across Queensland by government agencies, tertiary institutions and other organisations, to develop the Queensland Water Quality Guidelines.”
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