Australian Water Association – Tas Water Awards
At the recent Tasmanian AWA Water Awards we were honoured to have been named the winner in the Infrastructure Project Innovation award category!
Mon 5 Jan 2026
What’s been happening?
The 2025–26 summer Beach Watch season opens
At the end of November the Beach Watch water quality monitoring program was launched in time for summer (even though it is feeling like summer is taking a little while to get started!).
Mon 5 Jan 2026
Update from the AGM
In November the DEP held its annual general meeting. At the meeting we held our annual election of our independent Board of Directors, who volunteer their time and expertise to guide the…
Mon 5 Jan 2026
The DEP joins Recycle Rewards
The Derwent Estuary Program has joined Recycle Rewards! We are aiming to raise funds to create Little Penguin burrows and Spotted Handfish spawning habitat.
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Real-time Nutrient Analyser Project
We recently concluded our three-year Real-time Nutrient Analyser Project, trialling Eco Detection analysers to address a critical challenge for the Australian water industry: monitoring and…
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Australian Water Association Tasmanian Awards
After wrapping up our Real-time Nutrient Analyser Project it is now in the running for an Australian Water Association Infrastructure Project Innovation award.
Tue 21 Oct 2025
New State of the Derwent Report coming soon…
Every five years we bring together and summarise a range of monitoring data to release the State of the Derwent Report. This brings together all our work streams and provides a…
Tue 21 Oct 2025
2024–25 Recreational Water Quality (Beach Watch) report released
We have released our report on the 2025 long-term water quality ratings for greater Hobart’s beaches and bays. The report revealed some improvements at popular beaches but also some…
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Windermere Bay saltmarsh restoration tree planting
A very exciting stage in the Windermere Bay Saltmarsh Restoration Project was reached on 26 June 2025 with the planting of 370 native plants by a dedicated community of volunteers.
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Ceramic Burrows for Little Penguins
We’re excited to announce that the Derwent Estuary Program has received a City of Hobart Creative Art Medium grant to collaborate with artists on designing clay burrows for Little…
Thu 24 Jul 2025
