Saltwatch began in 1987, and is Australia's longest running community monitoring program.

During Saltwatch Week (the second week of May), schools and community groups from all over Victoria can learn about the effects of salinity on water quality in their local catchment by collecting local water sources and testing with a salinity meter to determine salt content.

Snapshot monitoring provides a terrific opportunity to assess the condition of our waterways at a particular point in time. The collaborative efforts of many registered groups creating a picture of salinity across the state can show changes in salinity ’hot spots’ over time, illustrate the effects of climatic changes such as the current drought, and may even pick up long term trends.

Download the Saltwatch Week 2010 Flyer (PDF, 652KB).

Enter Your Saltwatch Data

How to Participate in Saltwatch
Register, sample, enter and view your data!

Register now
Registrations for Saltwatch are open as of 12 April 2010

View Saltwatch Data
The default view shows all Saltwatch data for the current year in Victoria.

1. Saltwatch registrations are now closed.

2. DOWNLOAD a Saltwatch Data Entry Sheet (pdf 60k)

3. ENTER YOUR DATA online (available from May 2009 - 26th June 2009)

4. VIEW YOUR DATA