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SoE2020: Volume and load of sewage treatment plants

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

Annual volume and load of nitrogen and phosphorous released from sewage treatment plants into waterways for the South East Queensland and Great Barrier Reef catchment areas for the period 2010–2019. Monitoring data was sourced from the department’s Water Tracking and Electronic Reporting System (WaTERS) which receives discharge monitoring data from councils and water utilities in Queensland. The data presented is for coastal sewage treatment plants that release directly to estuarine or marine water or release to locations within 10km from estuarine or marine waters.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://www.stateoftheenvironment.des.qld.gov.au/2020/datasets/indicator-3-2-0-4.csv