6.1 Water resources

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Water use and sources of water in NSW
• Water availability
• Water extraction
• Environmental water
• Pressures
• Water extraction
• River regulation
• Extreme drought
• Climate change
• Water pollution
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• National Water Initiative
• Water reforms
• Climate change
• Future directions

6.2 River health

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• River health
• Threatened species
• Water quality
• Pressures
• Water extraction and altered flow regimes
• Extreme drought
• Floodplain fragmentation and harvesting
• Catchment disturbance
• Water temperature
• Invasive species
• Climate change
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• Environmental water availability
• Flow management initiatives
• Pollution strategies
• Fish strategies
• Future directions

6.3 Wetlands

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Wetland extent and condition
• Waterbird surveys
• Threatened species and endangered ecological communities
• Reservation of wetlands
• Pressures
• Flow modification and extreme drought
• Habitat degradation
• Invasive species
• Water quality
• Acid sulfate soils
• Climate change
• Responses
• Policy framework
• Water availability
• Wetland recovery and restoration
• Future directions

6.4 Groundwater

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Extent and major uses of groundwater in NSW
• Levels of extraction and recharge
• Groundwater dependent ecosystems
• Pressures
• Excessive extraction and demand
• Saline intrusion
• Chemical contamination
• Climate change
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• Water sharing plans for groundwater
• Cap and Pipe the Bores Program
• Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Policy
• Other programs
• Future directions

6.5 Marine waters and ecosystems

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Water quality
• Algal blooms
• Rocky reef biota
• Marine protected areas
• Threatened species
• Pressures
• Pollution and habitat disturbance
• Fishing and hunting
• Invasive species
• Climate change
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• Legislation
• Marine park zoning
• Future directions

6.6 Estuaries and coastal lakes

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Estuary types
• Condition of estuaries and coastal lakes
• Water quality
• Ecosystem health
• Pressures
• Catchment disturbance
• Population and demographic change
• Nutrient and sediment loads
• Commercial and recreational fishing
• Invasive species
• Other pressures
• Climate change
• Responses
• State Plan 2006
• Legislation
• State environmental planning policies
• Plans and planning processes
• Comprehensive Coastal Assessment
• Management of water quality
• Climate change
• Future directions

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