About Us

North West Waterwatch Inc.

Development of Understanding Healthy Waterways grew out of an idea proposed by the members of North West Waterwatch Inc., a community group based in North West Tasmania.

The main aims of the group are to encourage communities to care for catchments and waterways and to raise awareness of the importance of healthy waterways in schools.

North West Waterwatch Inc. is part of the Australia wide network of Waterwatch groups and works closely with like-minded groups in Tasmania. It is a founding member of the state-wide organisation Waterwatch Tasmania Inc.

Please contact us by email if you have any queries.

Waterwatch Australia

Waterwatch is a national community water quality monitoring initiative that encourages all Australians to become involved and active in the protection and management of their waterways and catchments.

Waterwatch has two entwined themes:
1) Participatory learning for sustainability, built around catchment health and water quality.
2) Community-based monitoring of water quality and aquatic habitats, providing valid community data of a known quality to assist natural resource managers in targeting their investments and monitoring the impacts of investments on rehabilitation works.

For further information about Waterwatch Australia, visit the national site: www.waterwatch.org.au

Cradle Coast NRM

The Cradle Coast NRM Committee was established under the provisions of the Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Act 2002. This Act resulted from an agreement between State and Australian Governments for the regional management of natural resources throughout Australia.

Funding for the development of the Understanding Healthy Waterways package was provided by the Committee using funds allocated to the Cradle Coast Region by the Australian Government.

Further information on the Cradle Coast NRM Committee and natural resource management in Tasmania can be obtained from the website: www.nrm.gov.au