Farmers from across the Geographe catchment are set to receive expert advice on improving their productivity, and bottom line, by keeping nutrients on the farm and out of waterways. Close to 30 farmers who took part in the Revitalising Geographe Waterways fertiliser management program this year, will receive their soil test results and nutrient mapping...Continue Reading
Scientific research to better understand and manage water quality in the Vasse Wonnerup wetlands is well underway for this summer. A number of exciting trials to improve water quality and better understand the ecology of the wetlands are being carried out by scientists over summer. Water quality monitoring in the Vasse estuary channel by the...Continue Reading
A unique trial using a Western Australian manufactured product to reduce algal blooms in rivers and estuaries is being extended in the Lower Vasse River this summer. The trial of phosphorus binding clay expands on last year’s experiment using 15 large bottomless tanks, or mesocosms, embedded in the river upstream of the Causeway Bridge. This...Continue Reading
Minister for Water, the Hon Dave Kelly MLA visited a Busselton dairy this month for an overview of DairyCare effluent and fertiliser projects in the catchment. The DairyCare project is addressing nutrient runoff from dairy farms under the Revitalising Geographe Waterways program. Dairy farmer Wesley Lammie showed Minister Kelly through the farm’s dairy shed and...Continue Reading
The next stage of Soil Amendment Trial at Vasse Oval Monitoring stations to collect water samples from beneath the ground surface were installed this week in the next stage of a soil amendment trial at Vasse Oval. The trial at the Vasse Sporting Complex aims to reduce the level of nutrients leached from the newly...Continue Reading
Waterways in the Geographe catchment are home to a healthy population of native fish and crayfish species, many of which only occur in the South West of WA according to a river health check-up carried out last week. Scientists from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation have been investigating the health of streams and...Continue Reading
Initial stages of a trial aimed at controlling algal growth in the Lower Vasse River has demonstrated improved visual amenity and reduced phosphorus build-up associated with algal blooms. High nutrient concentrations and 24low flows in the river over summer can lead to blue-green algal blooms and nuisance odours. Fifteen tanks were immersed in the river...Continue Reading
