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The need for rehabilitation of disturbed areas to improve water quality and minimise impacts. Loss of fisheries and agricultural production. Additional maintenance of community infrastructure affected by acid corrosion. The National Strategy for the Management of Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils proposes a holistic and comprehensive approach to define the problem, prevent it from increasing and encourage remedial actions to reduce existing acid water runoff. In the absence of the National Strategy a piecemeal, cost ineffective response to this problem is likely. Future remedial actions can be expected to be much more expensive. The benefits of the National Strategy are expected to be: Improving understanding of the problem. Preventing the problem increasing. Improving water quality and environmental outcomes over time. Avoiding/reducing future remedial costs by implementing preventive measures as soon as possible. The National Strategy is critical to resolving ASS issues affecting industrial, environmental, agricultural and residential developments. The challenge now is for government, industry and the community to implement the National Strategy to improve the prospects for sustainable coastal development and primary industries by ensuring proper management of ASS.