Draft Treatment and management of disturbed acid sulfate soils and acidic ground and surface waters
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Draft Treatment and management of disturbed acid sulfate soils
and acidic ground and surface waters
7.0 Further information
The Land & Water Quality Branch of the Department of Environment, Water & Catchment Protection (DEWCP) is currently drafting this series of guidance notes related to ASS. These guidance notes will initially be in draft form, and comments are welcomed. The guidance notes will be made available on the Department of Environmental Protection website at www.environ.wa.gov.au as they are developed.It is recommended that reference also be made to guidelines and manuals developed by the NSW and Queensland State governments, in particular;
- Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical Manual 2002, Soils Management Guidelines
Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Management Advisory Committee
- Guidelines for Sampling and Analysis of Lowland Acid Sulfate Soils in Queensland 1998,
Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Investigation Team
- Queensland State Planning Policy 2002, Guideline on Acid Sulfate Soils, Department of
Natural Resources and Mines and Department of Local Government and Planning
- New South Wales Acid Sulfate Soil Manual 1998, Acid Sulfate Soil Advisory Committee
Queries or comments relating to ASS or the guidance notes should be directed to one of the following officers of the Land & Water Quality Branch;
Steve Appleyard - 9222 8626 or steve.appleyard@wrc.wa.gov.au
Stephen Wong - 9222 7101 or stephen.wong@wrc.wa.gov.au
8.0 Acknowledgements
The Land & Water Quality Branch would like to acknowledge the guidelines and manuals produced by the following committees and organisations which were used in the development of this guideline:
- Queensland Government (Department of Local Government & Planning and Department
of Natural Resources and Mines);
- Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Investigation Team; and
- Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Management Advisory Committee.
