discharges of (including saline Description of the cumulative impact of the water), including potential emergency proposal on surface water resources and discharges, and the likely impacts on water-dependent assets when all water resources and water-dependent developments (past, present and/or assets reasonably foreseeable) are considered in combination. Identification and consideration of An assessment of the risks of flooding, landscape modifications, for example, subsidence, voids, onsite earthworks including channel form and stability, water level, depth, extent, velocity, shear stress and including disturbance of acid-forming or stream power, and impacts to ecosystems, sodic soils, roadway and pipeline project infrastructure and the final project networks through effects on surface water flow, surface water quality, erosion landform. and habitat fragmentation of species and communities. Data and monitoring Monitoring sites representative of the A surface water monitoring programme diversity of potentially affected collecting sufficient data to detect and identify assets and the nature and scale the cause of any changes from established of potential impacts, and matched with baseline conditions, and assessing the suitable replicated control and reference effectiveness of mitigation and management sites (BACI design) to enable detection and measures. monitoring of potential impacts. quality monitoring complying with The rationale for selected monitoring relevant National Water Quality Management variables, duration, frequency and methods, Strategy (NWQMS) guidelines5 and relevant including the use of satellite or aerial imagery legislated state protocols8. to identify and monitor impacts. Specified data sources, including streamflow Ongoing ecotoxicological monitoring, data, proximity to rainfall stations, data including direct toxicity assessment of record duration and a description of data discharges to surface waters where methods, including whether missing data has appropriate. been patched. Identification of dedicated sites to monitor hydrology, water quality, and channel and floodplain geomorphology throughout the life of the development proposal and beyond. Water-dependent assets Context and conceptualisation Identification of water-dependent assets, An estimation of the ecological including: requirements of identified GDEs and other water-dependent assets.
discharges of (including saline water), including potential emergency discharges, and the likely impacts on water resources and water-dependent assets Identification and consideration of landscape modifications, for example, subsidence, voids, onsite earthworks including disturbance of acid-forming or sodic soils, roadway and pipeline networks through effects on surface water flow, surface water quality, erosion and habitat fragmentation of species and communities. Description of the cumulative impact of the proposal on surface water resources and water-dependent assets when all developments (past, present and/or reasonably foreseeable) are considered in combination. An assessment of the risks of flooding, including channel form and stability, water level, depth, extent, velocity, shear stress and stream power, and impacts to ecosystems, project infrastructure and the final project landform. Data and monitoring Monitoring sites representative of the diversity of potentially affected assets and the nature and scale of potential impacts, and matched with suitable replicated control and reference sites (BACI design) to enable detection and monitoring of potential impacts. A surface water monitoring programme collecting sufficient data to detect and identify the cause of any changes from established baseline conditions, and assessing the effectiveness of mitigation and management measures. quality monitoring complying with relevant National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS) guidelines5 and relevant legislated state protocols8. The rationale for selected monitoring variables, duration, frequency and methods, including the use of satellite or aerial imagery to identify and monitor impacts. Specified data sources, including streamflow data, proximity to rainfall stations, data record duration and a description of data methods, including whether missing data has been patched. Ongoing ecotoxicological monitoring, including direct toxicity assessment of discharges to surface waters where appropriate. Identification of dedicated sites to monitor hydrology, water quality, and channel and floodplain geomorphology throughout the life of the development proposal and beyond. Water-dependent assets Context and conceptualisation Identification of water-dependent assets, including: An estimation of the ecological requirements of identified GDEs and other water-dependent assets.