Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program (PCIMP)

Description

The Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Programme (PCIMP) is a consortium of Gladstone-based portside industries and government that foster and coordinate far-field water and sediment quality monitoring activities across 54 sites in the Port of Gladstone and Rodds Bay. CQUniversity was an establishing PCIMP partner and remain a core member, with staff working in management, reporting, research and advisory roles (Technical Sub-Committee) across the program.

Impact

The key objectives of the program are to:

• increase community awareness, education and understanding of local water quality and water quality management
• quantify concentrations of various indicators within the Port Curtis region to establish a baseline, and continually monitor the condition of the region
• engage and involve stakeholders to adopt adaptive management practices, if required
• collect and collate high-quality data from sites within the Port Curtis region for Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program members and the Port Curtis Ecosystem Health Report Card.

Partners

• Australia Pacific LNG
• Queensland Alumina Limited
• Boyne Smelters
• Gladstone Ports Corporation
• Gladstone LNG
• QGC
• Cement Australia
• NRG Gladstone Power Station
• ORICA
• Queensland Energy Resources
• Rio Tinto Alcan
• WICET
• Gladstone Regional Council