State Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP)

The State Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP) is a state wide project responsible for collecting, analysing and reporting the ambient water quality condition of rivers in NSW.

SWAMP collects water quality data monthly to:

  • assess ambient river water quality in terms of electrical conductivity, temperature, turbidity, total suspended solids, pH, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus and nitrogen at selected sites across NSW
  • provide high quality, long term, statistically robust data to enable condition and trend reporting
  • provide data to enable measures of compliance with state and national guidelines and standards, and
  • provide a framework of river water quality monitoring across NSW upon which other programs can build.

Note: If you would like to ask a question, make any suggestions, or tell us how you are using this dataset, please visit the NSW Water Hub which has an online forum you can join.

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Additional Information

Field Value
Published (Metadata Record) 03/03/2026
Last updated 03/03/2026
Organisation Australian Federal Government
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Update Frequency Unknown