NSW State of the Environment 2012

4.1 Water resources

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Water use and sources of water in NSW
• Water availability
• Water extraction
• Environmental water
• Pressures
• Drought
• Water extraction
• Climate change
• Water pollution
• Responses
• Established responses
• Developing responses
• Future opportunities

4.2 River health

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• River health
• Threatened species
• Water quality
• Pressures
• Water extraction and altered flow regimes
• Drought
• Floodplain fragmentation and harvesting
• Catchment disturbance
• Water temperature
• Invasive species
• Climate change
• Responses
• Established responses
• Developing responses
• Future opportunities

4.3 Wetlands

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Wetland extent and condition
• Waterbird surveys
• Reservation of wetlands
• Pressures
• Flow modification (and drought)
• Habitat degradation
• Invasive species
• Water quality
• Acid sulfate soils
• Climate change
• Responses
• Established responses
• Future opportunities

4.4 Groundwater

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Extent and major uses of groundwater in NSW
• Levels of extraction and recharge
• Groundwater-dependent ecosystems
• Pressures
• Excessive demand and extraction
• Saline intrusion
• Chemical contamination
• Climate change
• Responses
• Established responses
• Future opportunities

4.5 Marine waters and ecosystems

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Water quality
• Algal blooms
• Ecosystem health
• Marine protected areas
• Pressures
• Pollution
• Refuse and habitat disturbance
• Fishing
• Invasive species
• Climate change
• Responses
• Established responses
• Future opportunities

4.6 Estuaries and coastal lakes

• Introduction
• Status and trends
• Estuary types
• Water quality
• Estuarine macrophytes
• Pressures
• Catchment disturbance
• Population and demographic change
• Nutrient and sediment loads
• Riparian disturbance
• Waterway disturbance
• Climate change
• Other pressures
• Responses
• Established responses
• Future opportunities

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