Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Lindisfarne Bay

Lindisfarne Bay site is collected as part of the Derwent Bay Watch program. Derwent Bay Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 19 bays, coves and other sites around the estuary during summer months. Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

林迪斯法恩湾（Lindisfarne Bay）采样点的数据采集工作，作为德文特湾监测计划（Derwent Bay Watch program）的组成部分开展。德文特湾监测计划是地方议会与州政府联合发起的合作项目，于夏季对该河口周边的19处海湾、小湾及其他采样点开展水质检测。研究人员于每年12月初至3月末的每周二采集水样，随后将样本送至公共卫生实验室（Public Health Lab），采用Enteralert检测法对粪便指示菌肠球菌（Enterococci）进行分析。由于水样需进行微生物培养，因此检测结果需耗时数日方可正式发布。