Acronyms and Organizations
ARWA - Agricultural
Research Western Australia CCI
- Coastal Catchments Initiative DAFWA - the Department of
Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
NHT - National Heritage
Trust
UWA - the University of
Western Australia
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Technical Terms
- Acid Sulfate Soils
- Acid sulfate soils can acidify rivers, groundwater etc and
have been responsible for large fish kills and have impacts on
the environment, agriculture and infrastructure with resulting
economic costs
- Benthic
- The Benthic Zone is the lowest level of a body of water
such as an ocean or a lake. It is inhabited by organisms that
live in close relationship with (if not physically attached to)
the ground, called benthos or benthic organisms.
- Estuarine
- Associated with estuaries. An estuary is a
semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or
streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open
sea
- Eutrophication
- Eutrophication means an increase in chemical nutrients — typically
compounds containing nitrogen or phosphorus — in an
ecosystem. It may occur on land or in water.
- Flocculant
- A flocculant is a chemical which causes promotes flocculation.
In civil engineering, and in the earth sciences,
flocculation is a condition in which clays, polymers or other
small charged particles become attached and form a fragile
structure, a floc (similar to flake). Flocculation
& sedimentation is widely employed in the purification of
drinking water as well as sewage treatment, stormwater
treatment and treatment of other industrial wastewater
streams
- Playa
- Also known as an alkali flat, sabkha, or salt flat; is a
dry lakebed
- Riparian zone
- A riparian zone is the interface between land and a flowing
surface water body
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