task overview & ContextThe Sunshine Coast Regional Council has just appointed you as a senior environmental scientist. Your major responsibility is to advise the Council on the current and future water quality in the catchment areas. In particular, you must monitor the water quality of the major rivers and creeks under the Council’s jurisdiction.
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Task 1- Water Quality Report Card and Historical ComparisonYou will be required to present to Council a ‘water quality report card’ on the Coochin Creek area and a list of recommendations concerning improvements or change of practices that may be adopted to improve water quality in the region.
To enhance your water testing capabilities and accurately determine levels of various chemicals and biological substances in the river, the Sunshine Coast University has made available their sophisticated testing equipment and laboratory facilities (the Analytical Chemistry Lab). Task 2- possible Impacts of a fertiliser plant on coochin creek area
A large Fertilizer manufacturing company called FASTGRO has purchased a large area of land at Beerwah along Coochin Creek. They want to construct the largest fertilizer-manufacturing complex in the Southern Hemisphere along the banks of Coochin Creek at Site 3. The Sunshine Coast regional council with the co-operation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) need to determine the environmental viability of such a large industrial plant. The water from Coochin creek runs directly into the Pumicestone Passage, which carries the water directly into the Pacific Ocean.
The Sunshine Coast Council has requested that you simulate possible worst-case scenarios that could occur with the development and operation of such a large industrial plant, which manufactures fertilizer along the banks of Coochin Creek. You will be required to present your simulation results, conclusions and large-scale applications/implications/predictions to Council in a mode that you determine to be appropriate. |