State of the Derwent
The State of the Derwent Report summarises five years of monitoring data and provides a comprehensive review of the health of the estuary. Each year the State of the Derwent Report Card summarises the monitoring data and other relevant information collected by the DEP and its partners.
Read the State of the Derwent reports.
Annual Report
- Annual Report 2023 - 2024 Derwent Estuary Program Limited
- Annual Report 2022 - 2023 Derwent Estuary Program Limited
- Annual Report 2021 - 2022 Derwent Estuary Program Limited
- Annual Report 2020–2021 – Derwent Estuary Program Limited
- Annual Report 2019–2020 – Derwent Estuary Program Limited
Newsletters
Previous newsletters are available.
DEP planning documents
Various scientific and technical reports
- Friends of Sandy Bay Rivulet - Electro fishing Survey May 2023
- Rapid visual assessments on rocky reefs in the Derwent estuary 2021
- Metal contamination in fish and shellfish of the Derwent Estuary – 2020
- DEP Submission on Storm Bay Marine Farm Plans and EIS 2018
- Community Survey 2019
- Derwent estuary foreshore threatened flora 2010
- Dredging and land reclamation guidelines for the Derwent 2013
- Spatial imagery for management of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the River Derwent estuary 2011
- Surveys of Intertidal and Subtidal Biota of the Derwent Estuary 2010
- Water Quality Improvement Plan 2010
Stormwater
- Erosion and Sediment Control – The Fundamentals for Development in Tasmania 2023
- Water Sensitive Urban Design Procedures for Stormwater Management
- Stormwater & Rivulet Monitoring Report 2010–11
- See more publications on our stormwater page
Recreational Water Quality
- Recreational Water Quality Program Annual Report 2023/24
- Recreational Water Quality Program Annual Report 2022/23
- Recreational Water Quality Program Annual Report 2021/22
- Recreational Water Quality Program Annual Report 2020/21
- Recreational Water Quality Program Annual Report 2019/20
Wetlands
- Community appreciation of a local saltmarsh and recreational area, April 2025
- TeaComposition H2O Project (tea bag project), Sept 2021
- Derwent Estuary Saltmarsh Report, July 2020
- Race Course Flats saltmarsh mapping report July 2012
- Future of the Derwent Estuary saltmarshes and tidal wetlands in response to sea level rise 2009