Wastewater Treatment Plant Monitoring Impact on the Receiving Environment - Hahndorf Creek

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: ANZSA1004000034

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

Custodian: South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water )

Jurisdiction: South Australia

Description

Abstract:

Impact and recovery of benthic macroinvetebrate community in freshwater streams receiving wastewater treatment plant effulent. Community composition and chemical parameters recorded for control and sites downstream of discharge points at Hahndorf Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hahndorf Creek and the Onkaparinga River.

ANZLIC search words:

• ECOLOGY Ecosystem Monitoring
• WASTE Monitoring
• WASTE Sewage Monitoring
• WATER Quality Monitoring

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):

• North bounding latitude: 26 00 00.0 S (-26)
• South bounding latitude: 38 30 00.0 S (-38.5)
• East bounding longitude: 141 00 00.0 E (141)
• West bounding longitude: 129 00 00.0 E (129)

Data currency

Beginning date: 01 May 1993 (1993-05-01)

Ending date: 01 December 1995 (1995-12-01)

Dataset status

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: Quarterly

Access

Stored data format:

Digital Macroinvertebrates and field data on Excel. Chemistry on sample manager.

Available format type:

Digital Available in digital format

Access constraints:

not known

Data quality

Lineage:

Macroinvertebrates - Field identified to family.

Subsample confirmed to lowest taxon in Laboratory.

Field data - field meters standardised daily.

Chemistry - NATA accredited 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/ANZSA1004000034.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)