Yandina Creek Wetlands - Monitoring and Revegation
Service: 3-year period of vegetation and water quality monitoring, removal of tidal gates, undertaking tidal monitoring, UAV footage and BioCondition monitoring.
Client: UnityWater
Location: Sunshine Coast
Start: 2018-2021
Completion: 2021
Yandina Creek wetlands are former cane farming land being restored as wetland by UnityWater, to improve the health of the rivers and creeks in the area.
Unitywater engaged Verterra for a variety of monitoring and assessment services at Yandina Creek Wetlands.
Services included monthly water quality sampling services from six locations upstream and downstream on Yandina Creek and the small southern creek; photo-point monitoring of vegetation twice yearly; detailed annual assessment across the three identified vegetation communities; and weed maintenance and additional monitoring as required.
Prior to engagement for the water quality and vegetation monitoring, Verterra provided services for removal of the tidal gates.
Subsequently, Verterra assisted Unitywater in providing aerial footage of the wetland for their Wetland “Vlog,” in conjunction with the regular water and vegetation monitoring.
Verterra also developed an innovative solution for capturing water flow data on open flood gate culverts and provided Unitywater with tidal flow rates and volumes.
