5.1 Freshwater riverine ecosystem health

• Importance of the issue
• Status of freshwater riverine ecosystems in NSW
• Land use and freshwater riverine ecosystem health
• Response to the issue
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

5.2 Surface water extraction

• Importance of the issue
• River regulation in NSW
• Water use in NSW
• Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council cap
• Response to the issue
• Water sharing
• Restoration programs
• Efficiency of water use
• Monitoring
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions

5.3 Surface water quality

• Importance of the issue
• Sources of pollution
• Surface water quality
• Freshwater algal blooms
• Response to the issue
• Water quality objectives and targets
• Programs to reduce pollution from point sources
• Programs to reduce pollution from diffuse sources
• Other responses
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

5.4 Groundwater extraction

• Importance of the issue
• Groundwater use in NSW
• Response to the issue
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

5.5 Groundwater quality

• Importance of the issue
• Groundwater salinity
• Groundwater contamination
• Response to the issue
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

5.6 Marine and estuarine water quality

• Importance of the issue
• Sources of pollution
• Marine and estuarine water quality
• Algal blooms
• Pollution incidents
• Water quality objectives and strategies
• Programs to reduce pollution from point sources
• Programs to reduce pollution from diffuse sources
• Programs to prevent and manage pollution incidents
• Other programs
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

5.7 Contamination of sediments

• Importance of the issue
• Sediments in estuaries, lagoons and coastal lakes
• Lake Macquarie
• Sydney deep ocean outfalls
• Response to the issue
• Effectiveness of responses
• Future directions
• Linked issues

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