18 Feb Australasia Riverprize – 2004
Winner: Great Lakes Council | Wallis Lake, Australia
Wallis Lake suffered a serious Hepatitis A contamination event during late 1996/1997. This seriously threatened the AU$125 million per year tourism industry, the AU$10 million per year oyster farming industries as well as the second most productive estuarine fishery in New South Wales. This event illustrated the real value of a healthy lake and watershed to the regional community and economy, and provided the motivation to establish an outcome-driven, integrated watershed management and restoration program for the Wallis Lake system. Watch video here
Finalists:
City of Ballarat | Yarrowee River, Australia
Douglas Shire River Improvement Trust | Mossman River, Australia
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