Total Total Total Suspended Nitrogen Relevant Achievement of Area Phosphorous Solids clauses targets (tonnes/year) SEPP (WoV) Target achieved for Schedule F3 Less than 115 No current No current phosphorous loads Lake Wellington (Waters of the tonnes/year target target (but not for the related Gippsland chl-a concentration) Lakes)-Clause 3A SEPP (WoV) Schedule F5 40% per from (Waters of the Macalister baseline annual Latrobe and Target was generally No current No current Irrigation load (46 Thomson River achieved (in average target target District tonnes/yr) by Basins and rainfall years) 2005 Merriman Creek Catchment) - Clause 15 No current target. Required a sediment action program to be SEPP (WoV) developed within Target not achieved Schedule F8 30 months to No current No current (but difficult to assess Western Port (Waters of reduce sediment target target without a quantitative Western Port) - and associated target) Clause 19,22 pollutant loads entering the East Arm segment (Clause 19(2)) 1000 SEPP (WoV) tonnes/year Schedule F6 No current total (Waters of Port Port Phillip Bay No current target Target achieved target nitrogen Phillip reduction by 6, 11 and 2006 12. No current No current No current target/new target/new target/new Corner Inlet segment in N/A No previous target set segment in SEPP segment in SEPP (Waters) SEPP (Waters) (Waters) Source: SEPP (WoV) Schedule F3; Schedule F5; Schedule F8; Schedule F6 These load targets specify the quantities of total phosphorous or total nitrogen that should be allowed to enter these waterbodies per year, or in the case of Western Port, provide a narrative statement requiring the reduction of sediment loads. No load based targets currently cover Corner Inlet. [Footnote 62: Corner Inlet supports outstanding environmental values that have been recognised through its listing as a wetland of international
Area Total Phosphorous (tonnes/year) Total Suspended Solids Total Nitrogen Relevant clauses Achievement of targets Lake Wellington Less than 115 tonnes/year No current target No current target SEPP (WoV) Schedule F3 (Waters of the Gippsland Lakes)-Clause 3A Target achieved for phosphorous loads (but not for the related chl-a concentration) Macalister Irrigation District 40% per from baseline annual load (46 tonnes/yr) by 2005 No current target No current target SEPP (WoV) Schedule F5 (Waters of the Latrobe and Thomson River Basins and Merriman Creek Catchment) - Clause 15 Target was generally achieved (in average rainfall years) Western Port No current target. Required a sediment action program to be developed within 30 months to reduce sediment and associated pollutant loads entering the East Arm segment (Clause 19(2)) No current target No current target SEPP (WoV) Schedule F8 (Waters of Western Port) - Clause 19,22 Target not achieved (but difficult to assess without a quantitative target) Port Phillip Bay No current target No current target 1000 tonnes/year total nitrogen reduction by 2006 SEPP (WoV) Schedule F6 (Waters of Port Phillip 6, 11 and 12. Target achieved Corner Inlet No current target/new segment in SEPP (Waters) No current target/new segment in SEPP (Waters) No current target/new segment in SEPP (Waters) N/A No previous target set Source: SEPP (WoV) Schedule F3; Schedule F5; Schedule F8; Schedule F6 These load targets specify the quantities of total phosphorous or total nitrogen that should be allowed to enter these waterbodies per year, or in the case of Western Port, provide a narrative statement requiring the reduction of sediment loads. No load based targets currently cover Corner Inlet. [Footnote 62: Corner Inlet supports outstanding environmental values that have been recognised through its listing as a wetland of international
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