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Lake water quality in Australia

Australia has 20 named lakes in this catalog, sampled 2016–2021. 20 have chlorophyll-a, 19 have Secchi depth. Values are the authority's measurements, not a LakeQuality letter grade.

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Named lakes

LakePlaceTotal phosphorusChlorophyll-aSecchiYear
Blowering ReservoirNSW2.8 µg/L3.6 m2021
Burrinjuck DamNSW7.1 µg/L1.7 m2021
Jounama PondageNSW3.3 µg/L2020
Lake ArgyleWA2.7 µg/L3.0 m2021
Lake BonneySA19 µg/L0.9 m2021
Lake BrockmanWA0.40 µg/L3.0 m2021
Lake Burley GriffinACT7.7 µg/L1.2 m2020
Lake DartmouthVIC1.5 µg/L3.1 m2020
Lake EucumbeneNSW3.2 µg/L3.0 m2021
Lake HumeNSW8.6 µg/L1.8 m2021
Lake JindabyneNSW3.3 µg/L3.0 m2021
Lake KepwariWA0.70 µg/L2.2 m2021
Lake LiddellNSW23 µg/L1.2 m2016
Lake PamamarooNSW3.4 µg/L0.2 m2021
Lake St ClairNSW2.3 µg/L4.8 m2016
Lake TuggeranongACT40 µg/L0.4 m2020
Lake VictoriaNSW8.3 µg/L0.4 m2020
Lostock ReservoirNSW12 µg/L1.5 m2016
Waroona DamWA0.90 µg/L1.8 m2021
Wellington DamWA0.50 µg/L2.3 m2021

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CSIRO bio-optical data for Australian inland waters (CC BY 4.0). Surface HPLC chlorophyll-a and Secchi from 2016 onward. Not a LakeQuality A–F grade.

Monitoring: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).