Water Quality and Conservation
The river water is very turbid. The annual Healthy Waterways Report Card for the waterways and catchments of South East Queensland rated the condition of the Logan River as very poor. Much of the environmental degradation has been caused by land clearing, the Bromelton Industrial Estate, nutrient run-off and the pumping of wastewater directly from several wastewater treatment plants in and around the Logan River. In 2009, the Queensland Government's "Healthy Waterways EcosystemHealth Monitoring Programme" rated the River's freshwater area at a "D"; its Estuarine area was given an "F".
Community projects in the Logan catchment area aim to improve the quality of the ecosystem. Competitions such as Carp-busters are aimed at reducing the number of carp and hence allowing native species of fish a better chance of survival.
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