How can river and estuary health be improved?
Because water is such an important resource and because it will become even more important in future improving the health of Australian rivers and estuaries is a problem that should be dealt with by government and industry, and also by every individual Australian. Water health can be maintained if our environment and communities are managed in a way that is sustainable. We need to balance the drive for profit with the need to improve the efficiency of our water use and preserve the environment. CSIRO Land and Water scientists work in conjunction with federal, state and local government agencies, industry groups, other researchers, water and land managers and community groups, to look for ways in which we can deal with the damage that has already occurred in our waterways, and also to find practical economically viable ways in which we can manage our water resources. Our challenge is to take what we know about rivers and estuaries and turn it into useful information that can be put into
