Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - New Town Bay

New Town 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.

纽敦湾采样点（New Town Bay site）的样本采集工作为德文特湾监测计划（Derwent Bay Watch）的组成部分。德文特湾监测计划是地方议会与州政府联合推行的协作项目，于夏季对河口周边19处海湾、港湾及其他点位开展水质检测。项目组于每年12月初至3月末的每个周二采集水样，并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。由于水样需进行培养处理，检测结果需耗时数日方可发布。