Water provides the connectivity across our landscapes, supporting many different ecosytems. Human settlements and activities across the landscape have, in many instances, caused a decline in the quality of the water in our region's streams, rivers and in coastal areas. Changes in aquatic environments include altered sediment outflow as a result of urban expansion and development, tree clearing and agricultural practices, high levels of nutrients from agricultural fertilisers and sewerage systems, and the presence of pesticides.

These changes have the potential to adversely impact on the health of people, waterways and wetlands, terrestrial and aquatic organisms and the Great Barrier Reef. The expansion of intensive agriculture and urban settlements is placing increasing pressure on the region's water resources both in terms of increasing consumption and declining water quality.

Terrain's Water programs are designed to work with the community to halt or reverse this trend through a range of activities including; supporting landscape rehabilitation and best practices management initiatives through Reef Rescue funding, developing Healthy Waters Management Plans, partnering in monitoring projects and supporting the community to be engaged in and informed about DERM’s Wet Tropics Water Resource Planning process.

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