National Outfall Database – Community Report for August 2018

Overview

This Community Report for August 2018 provides an update on the National Outfall Database (developed by the Clean Ocean Foundation), which tracks the volume and composition of wastewater discharged to Australia’s ocean and estuaries. Data gathered in 2016 from 109 ocean and 67 estuarine outfalls provide the second annual national snapshot of these discharges to Australia’s coastal environment.