SoEdirect

Choose a region from the scrolling list below. Hint: click the list, then type the first letter of the region name to scroll to that part of the list.

Councils that have been abolished over the past five years by amalgamation into new local government areas are indicated by "**" (e.g. Albury**). SoEdirect may present data under the name of the new Council, or under the names of the constituent councils. The boundary changes of 2004 will be reflected in next year's update.

Getting started

This website provides online access to several important NSW DEC data resources, to assist Councils in preparing their own State of the Environment reports.

The site builds pages directly from DEC databases and while this can take a few moments, you can be sure that you're always getting the latest available data.

The report page for each environmental indicator combines explanatory text with a table, map, or graph of the relevant data. You can print this information, or save it on your computer to insert directly in your own report.

There are also links to download the data for use in your spreadsheet or other software.

Simply follow Steps 1 and 2 above. Click on Choose an Indicator at the top of the page at any time, to get back to this page and start a new report.

This site is designed to support Netscape Navigator (version 3 or later) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4 or later).

We welcome your comments and questions about this site. Email DEC's Environmental Reporting Unit about SoE issues or technical website issues.

Clicking on an indicator link below will build a report page with your options. It may take some time to collect and present the data required - please be patient.

Environmental indicators

Waste Disposal and Recycling

Waste data are available for the Sydney Metropolitan Area only.

Supplementary information

Regional Pollution Index

RPI data are available for the Sydney, Lower Hunter and Illawarra regions.

Supplementary information

Contamination of Land

Environmental indicators

River Health, Assessed by Macroinvertebrate Assemblages
Coastal Recreational Water Quality
Routine monitoring of coastal waters since 1989 by Beachwatch has informed the community of NSW about the recreational quality of Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra beaches. Other monitoring has been undertaken in selected areas on the coast of NSW as part of a Beachwatch Partnership Pilot Program over the summer 2002-2003. This monitoring aims to inform the community of recreational water quality.

Recreational water quality data is available from this website for many sites along the NSW coast and this is based on Council areas. Data is collected by the NSW DEC and local councils endorsed by Beachwatch. Recreational water quality can be assessed according to national health guidelines using the indicator bacteria faecal coliforms and enterococci.

For details on DEC publications, please follow this link.