Monitoring Water Reforms Water is essential to human life and to the health of the environment.
Water has two dimensions that are closely linked - quantity and quality.
A healthy environment is one in which the water quality supports a rich and varied community of organisms and protects public health. Water quality in a body of water influences the way in which communities use the water for activities such as drinking, swimming or commercial purposes. Water quality is important not only to protect public health - water provides ecosystem habitats, is used for farming, fishing and mining, and contributes to recreation and tourism. If water quality is not maintained, it is not just the environment that will suffer - the commercial and recreational value of our water resources will also diminish. There is an assumption that the overall water quality of the South Coast is high.