Skip to Navigation   Impacts of Plantation Age, Fire and
Disturbance on Catchment Yield  The problem of sustainable water
resource management is a key issue confronting Australia in the
21st century. Increasing demand through increased population
size, declining rainfall across parts of temperate Australia and
consequently an increasing need to allocate water to maintain
ecosystem health and ecosystem service provision are the
dominant threats to the maintenance of an adequate supply of
water to urban, peri-urban and rural communities.  Endocrine
Disrupting Chemicals in the Australian Riverine Environment
There is growing community concern about the trace levels of
certain organic chemicals in the environment, especially in
wastewater or reclaimed water. Certain chemicals in the
environment have been shown to interact with the endocrine
system of organisms. These compounds are generally referred to
as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs. An EDC has been
defined as “an exogenous substance or mixture that a