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pH – Management response

pH – Management response

Flow chart showing the major elements associated with pH management

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Management practices to reduce acid load entering a wetland:

  • Acid Sulphate Soil (ASS) Management Plan
  • ASS mapping
  • Adequate buffer zones
  • Appropriate liming rates
  • Best practice ASS management
  • Drain shallowing
  • Government regulation
  • In-drain structures to prevent low lying areas from overtopping with tidal water
  • Re-establishment of native wetland species
  • Rehabilitation of ASS scalds and the reintroduction of natural wetting and drying cycles, utilising seasonally ponded freshwater
  • Stock management, e.g. off-stream watering, fencing out of waterways
  • Tidal flood gate management to buffer low pH water

Last updated: 22 March 2013

This page should be cited as:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) pH – Management response, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/pressures/lacustrine-palustrine-threats/ph/management.html

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