Table 5A: Regional comparison of the peak concentrations of herbicides in sugarcane growing regions in the GBR catchments.
Atrazine: 6.5ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 4.2ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday), 1ug/L (Tully)
Diuron: 3.8ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 6.5ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday), 19ug/L (Tully)
2,4-D: 2.5ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 1.1ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday)
Ametryn: 1.8ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 0.14ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday), 0.05ug/L (Tully)
Hexazinone: 0.22ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 0.45ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday), 3.6ug/L (Tully)
Simazine: 0.18ug/L (Lower Burdekin), 0.03ug/L (Mackay-Whitsunday), 0.06ug/L (Tully)
p14 Water Quality Issues in the Burdekin Region
For the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
Coastal Catchment Initiative
ACTFR Report No. 07/03
Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research James Cook University, QLD 4811