NSW EPA LICENCE
In accordance with the NSW Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act) the data in the table below is published as part of
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BEACH CONDITIONS
Photographs of the five main beaches in the Tweed Sand Bypassing project area are taken monthly since the project was commissioned
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MONITORING SUMMARIES
As part of the project's broader monitoring program, a summary of daily to monthly monitoring results such as wave and beach conditions is made available
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COASTAL CONDITIONS
Tweed Sand Bypassing closely monitors coastal conditions such as the tides and waves. The wave climate is monitored by The Queensland Government and the tides
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SURVEYS
Tweed Sand Bypassing relies on detailed marine and beach survey information to analyse how the beaches are changing in response to sand delivery and natural
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ARGUS MONITORING
The ARGUS coastal imaging and monitoring system is an online service provided by the TRESBP through the University of NSW's Water Research Laboratory. Sixteen fixed
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KIRRA REEF
Ecological monitoring of Kirra Reef has been conducted for the project intermittently since operations began in 2001. The latest report was completed in 2019. The
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Vertical aerial photography is captured twice a year of the Tweed Sand Bypassing project area. In addition, oblique aerial photography which is taken from a
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ESTIMATED SAND TRANSPORT
Sand flows northwards along the northern NSW coast at a rate estimated to be in the order of 500,000 m3 per year. This is due
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