Coorong and Lakes Ramsar Wetland Portal

Glossary

AHD	Australian Height Datum
ASS	Acid Sulfate Soil

Barrage and Water Level Management Policy

The Barrage and Water Level Management Policy (BWLMP) is a public document that provides guidance as to how water levels are practically managed in the region, including a rationale for optimum lake level operation to achieve environmental, social, economic and water security outcomes. The BWLMP also details the principles and priorities for water level management for the CLLMM site.

CAMBA	China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
CAP	Community Advisory Panel
CEWH	Commonwealth Environment Water Holder
CLLMM	Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth
CLRW	Coorong, Lower Lakes and Ramsar Wetland
CPS	Component, Process and Services
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSO	Crown Solicitor's Office
CTLAP	Coorong Tatiara Local Action Planning Association Inc
Contracted Parties	The contracted parties are the service provided contracted by DEWNR to undertake specific contracted works.
Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Ramsar site	The Ramsar site encompasses the Coorong National Park, Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert, and tributaries, up to +0.85m AHD. Where unalienated crown land, DEWNR reserve or crown land under licence exists adjacent to the waters edge the boundary has been extended to include this cadastral parcel.
Cth	Commonwealth

DEWNR	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
DPTI	Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
Donor Site Collection Plan	The Donor site collection plan consists of aerial imagery of the Donor site indicating access tracks and specific areas where the sediment will be collected and stored on site.
Donor and Translocation Sites	The Donor site was the location in the Coorong South Lagoon where sediment (containing Ruppia seed) was collected. The Donor site for the Ruppia Translocation Project was Lake Cantara (south). The Translocation sites were locations in the Coorong South Lagoon were sediment collected from the Donor site was translocated to, in an attempt to improve the Ruppia tuberosa distribution and abundance.

EC	Electrical Conductivity
ECD	Ecological Character Description
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
EMLR	Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges
EPA	Environmental Protection Authority
EPBC	Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

FOM	Friends of Meningie
FRP	Filterable Reactive Phosphorus

GL	Gigalitre
GWLAP	Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association Inc

HILG	Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group

IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature

JAMBA

Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

KNYA	Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan Agreement

LAC	Limit of Acceptable Change
LTP	Long Term Plan
Limit of Acceptable Change	Variation that is considered acceptable in a particular component or process of hte ecological character of hte wetland without indicating change in ecological characer that may lead to a reduction or loss of the criteria for which the site was Ramsar listed. Source: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (2008). National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australian Ramsar Wetlands, Canberra.

MDB	Murray-Darling Basin
MDBA	Murray-Darling Basin Authority
MDCA	Milang and District Community Association
MERI	Monitoring Evaluation Reporting and Improvement
ML	Megalitre
MNLIA	Meningie and Narrung Lake Irrigators Association
MOSHCC	Milang Old School House Community Centre
Management Triggers	Management trigger are specific threshold values set to prompt timely management intervention. In the case of the Coorong and Lakes, management triggers could include specific levels of: Water levels (height and depth) Dissolved Oxygen Salinity Temperature Habitat (percentage of available aquatic plant habitat Recruitment

NES	National Environmental Significance
NRA	Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority
NRC	Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting
NRM	Natural Resource Management
NVC	Native Vegetation Council
NWQMS	National Water Quality Management Strategy
NatCASS	National Committee for Acid Sulfate Soils

O & M	Operations and Maintenance
OHS&W	Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare

PBN	Parliamentary Briefing Note
PIRSA	Primary Industries and Regions South Australia

RIS	Ramsar Information Sheet
RLCAG	River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group
ROKAMBA	Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
RSSA	Rural Solutions South Australia
Remediation works (from fish procedure)	There have been some remediation works undertaken on-site to improve the health of threatened fish populations, including providing environmental water to off channel (disconnected) wetlands.
Responsible Officer	The Responsible Officer is the DEWNR staff employee that is responsible for undertaking or overseeing the actions/tasks outlined in the procedures.
Risk Assessment	This risk assessment is about monitoring critical habitat triggers that can be used to assess the fish population under threat.
Ruppia Advisory Group	The Ruppia Advisory Group was established to seek input and advice from key scientists and project managers with regards to planning, operational delivery, trigger conditions and general project matters to progress a large-scale translocation project for Ruppia tuberosa in the Coorong.
Ruppia tuberosa	Ruppia tuberosa is an extremely salt tolerant, submergent macrophyte, which historically formed extensive beds in the South Lagoon of the Coorong, in areas inundated over the winter and spring and dry in the summer and autumn.
Ruppia tuberosa Translocation Plan	The Ruppia tuberosa translocation plan outlined the translocation strategy that was employed throughout the Ruppia Translocation Project. Information included; project governance, planning phases, objectives of the translocation, site plans for donor and translocation sites, methodologies and project risks and mitigation arrangements.

SA MDB NRM	South East Natural Resource Management Board
SARDI	South Australian Research and Development Institute
SE	South East
SE NRM	South East Natural Resources Management
SEWCD	South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board
SOI	Southern Oscillation Index
SPB	State Procurement Board

TLM	The Living Murray
Threatened Fish	These fish have national or state level conservation status, classing them as a threatened species
Threatened fish advisory group	The threatened fish advisory group consisted of South Australian government threatened fish experts, who gave advice and input across the threatened fish project work.
Translocation	This involves taking the top layer of sediment containing seed from a donor site and then embedding at treatment sites it into exposed mudflats of the Coorong.
Translocation Site Plans	The Translocation site collection plan consists of aerial imagery of each of the Translocation sites indicating access tracks and specific areas where the sediment will be stored on site and then translocated.

WAA	Water Affecting Activities
Weight Bearing Tests	Weight bearing tests involved, field assessments, undertaking Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) testing, using the CDP values, calculate the bearing pressure at the test location. This information can be used to provide a recommendation regarding the maximum weight of vehicle to drive on the mud flats of the Coorong.