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Catchment Results
Caboolture River Catchment and Estuary
Caboolture-catchment-map
Catchment Facts
  • Total area: 468km2
  • Stream network length: 795km
  • Local Councils: Caboolture (pop. 132,473), Pine Rivers (pop. 141,141)
  • Dominant land uses: native bush, grazing, rural residential, urban, poultry farms, strawberry and pineapple farms
  • Upper catchment includes the undisturbed streams in the D’Aguilar National Park
  • The mid and upper catchment is characterised mostly by agricultural and rural residential areas
  • Two WWTPs discharge into the Caboolture River
Freshwater results
B- Caboolture Catchment   
  • Streams generally in fair condition
  • Scores for the physical/chemical and aquatic macroinvertebrate indicators lower than last year
  • Some overall improvement in the nutrient cycling indicator
  • Lower scores for all indicators in autumn compared to spring
Estuarine results
D Caboolture Estuary   
  • Elevated nutrients and low dissolved oxygen levels in middle and upper reaches
  • Lower freshwater inputs resulting in higher salinity levels throughout
  • Intact natural riparian habitat remaining in some of the inter-tidal zone but extensively impacted riparian habitat above the highest tide mark