Dairy for Healthy Estuaries
The Dairy for Healthy Estuaries project is working to reduce nutrient runoff and leaching from dairy farms and improve the water quality of our estuaries. The project is led by Western Dairy in partnership with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and is supported by catchment groups and dairy farmers.
Project aims:
- Provides farmers with information and tools to make better nutrient management decisions
- Builds industry capacity to lead and deliver better outcomes for dairy farms and their effluent management systems
- Reduces the nutrient footprint of the WA dairy industry and protects the health of our waterways and estuaries
- Works in partnership with industry groups to explore opportunities for quality assurance programs linked to nutrient management and sustainability
Other projects
- Better collaborative drainage management
- Booiyup - Centennial Park Wetland
- Brockman Park
- Capacity building
- Catchment modelling
- Catchment monitoring and condition
- DairyCare
- Estuary modelling
- Estuary monitoring and condition
- Fencing and revegetation
- Fertiliser management program
- Investment planning for catchment actions
- Phosphorus binding clay
- River health assessments
- Seagrass monitoring
- Soil amendments
- Soil Wise
- uPtake
- Urban garden fertiliser use in Leschenault Catchment
- Yakamia Creek Rehabilitation
- Z-Filter trial