Western Basin Port Development

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WBDDP information stall at Calliope markets
11 May 2012

Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project(WBDDP) held a community information stall at the Calliope Markets last Sunday.

The WBDDP stall had information about environmental conditions, water quality, seagrass and dredging in the Gladstone harbour.

New turbidity levels approved
4 May 2012

Gladstone Ports Corporation has received confirmation from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection that some trigger values for turbidity will be raised.  

The decision comes after an extensive review of additional data by the regulator to better reflect the background turbidity levels.

CVA revegetates access road area
2 May 2012

Conservation Volunteers Australia has planted more than 6500 trees in a 19,000 tree revegetation project near Fisherman's Landing.

Funded by the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project, the mass tree planting exercise is part of the our commitment to minimise the environmental footprint.

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Community Updates

5 May 2012 - Monitoring Shorebirds

21 April 2012 - Water Quality

7 April 2012 - Protecting Seagrass in Gladstone

24 March 2012 - Dredging Update

7 March 2012 - Day in the life of the dredging project - seagrass testing

25 February 2012 - Dredging responsibly

18 February 2012 - Investing in research and protection

29 January 2012 - What we test for and why

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Current Water Quality

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