Wastewater Treatment Plant Monitoring Impact on the Receiving Environment - Millicent

Dataset description contents:

Note: this dataset description is metadata (data about data) which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) Core Metadata Guidelines Version 1


Citation

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZSA1004000031

Title: Wastewater Treatment Plant Monitoring Impact on the Receiving Environment - Millicent

Custodian: South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water )

Jurisdiction: South Australia


Description

Abstract:

Impact and recovery of benthic macroinvertebrate community in freshwater streams receiving wastewater treatment plant effulent. Community composition and chemical parameters recorded for control and sites downstream of discharge points at Millicent Wastewater Treatment Plant on Drain 34 and Drain 31.

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Spatial domain:

Geographic extent name:
South Australia,South Australia,SA - General
Geographic extent polygon:
129 -38.5, 141 -38.5, 141 -26, 129 -26, 129 -38.5

Geographic bounding box:
The bounding box encloses the maximum extents of the dataset. There may be voids or gaps within the bounding box, depending on the defined coverage of the dataset. Outer bounding rectangle as Latitude/Longitude coordinates based on the WGS84 datum (expressed as both Degrees Minutes Seconds and as decimal Degrees):

aus-s


Data currency

Beginning date: 12 December 1996 (1996-12-12)
Ending date: 30 December 1998 (1998-12-30)

Dataset status

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: Quarterly

Access

Stored data format:
Digital Macroinvebrates on Excel. Field data on Excel. Chemistry on Sample Manager.
Available format type:
Digital Available in digital format.
Access constraints:
not known

Data quality

Lineage:

Macroinvertebrates to species chemistry. NATA accredited AWQC laboratory.

Positional accuracy:

Within 5 meters.

Attribute accuracy:

Completely reliable.

Logical consistency:

Not Relevant

Completeness:

Complete


Contact information

Contact organisation: Australian Water Quality Centre
Contact position: Biology, Research, Stream Ecology
Postal address: Private Mail Bag 3
Postal address: Hodgson Rd, Bolivar, 5110.
Locality: SALISBURY
State: SA
Country: Australia
Postcode: 5108
Telephone: 08 8259 0310
Facsimile: 08 8259 0228
Electronic mail address: peter.schultz@sawater.sa.gov.au

Metadata information

Metadata date: 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28)
Metadata Reference: http://www.asdd.sa.gov.au/asdd/ANZSA1004000031.html

Additional metadata

State of the Environment (SOE) Data Inventory

This dataset description complies with ANZLIC Core Metadata Guidelines Version 1 and XML DTD ANZMETA 1.1 (metadata validation date: 2001-12-30)