THE latest Catchment Health Indicator Program (CHIP) report shows that water quality across the ACT region has improved, making 2022 the best year in the report’s nine-year history.
The 2022 CHIP report, released on Wednesday, by Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch, covers one of the wettest years in recent memory.
The report is based on the results of 2000 surveys conducted by more than 200 volunteers at 237 sites across the ACT region. More than 30,000 surveys have been conducted since the program began in 1995.
Results from the annual Platypus Month surveys were also highlighted in the report, with 21 individual platypus sighted over August 2022. This is 10 less than were recorded during the same period in 2020 and is likely a consequence of high flows disrupting platypus feeding behaviour.
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