River Derwent / DER Sandy Bay H E LP / Heinz Australia / /
Country
New Zealand / Jordan / Australia / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Product Issues / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Risdon smelter / Tasman Bridge / Nyrstar Hobart smelter / Derwent Park catchment / C ATCH M E NT R EVI EW The catchment / River Derwent catchment / University of Tasmania / /
IndustryTerm
smelter site / heavy metal contamination / stormwater management / gas sediment / food web games / web-search research projects / heavy metal levels / sediment litter nutrients oil heavy metals faecal bacteria / heavy metal investigations / metal / web-based materials / groundwater interceptions systems / food standards / nutrient processing / local sports grounds / stormwater systems / groundwater management / /
MusicAlbum
Capture / /
NaturalFeature
Opossum Bay / Lindisfarne Bay / Cornelian Bay / Entrecasteaux Channel / Nutgrove Beach / Hinsby Beach / Derwent estuary / Geilston Bay / Derwent river / Ralphs Bay / Mid estuary / D’Entrecasteaux Channel / Windermere Beach / Derwent beaches / Lindisfarne Fresh river / Browns River / Sandy Bay / Rocky reef / Industry WWTPs Stormwater River / Betsey Island / Jordan river / Blackmans Bay / Derwent Valley / Little Sandy Bay / /
Organization
Glenorchy City Council / Electrolysis Department / NT PAR / DEP / state government / Australian Government / Tasmanian Government / State and Local Government / EPA Division / University of Tasmania / /
Person
Hobart Councils / RON M E NTAL / Prince / Glenorchy / SAM P LI NG / Kingborough Councils / Hobart Smelter Moonah Selfs / /
Position
detective / Director of Public Health / Governor / Prince Of Wales Bay Nyrstar / /
Approximately 40% of Tasmania’s population - 202,000 people - live around the estuary’s margins. The Derwent is widely used for recreation, boating, fishing, marine transport and industry. Further upstream, the River