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For recorded information on algal alerts telephone the Algal Information Line on 1800 999 457
To report suspected algal blooms during business hours, please phone the respective Regional Algal Coordinating Committee Technical Co-ordinator in your area of the state. If they are not available please contact the secretariat, media officer, the Statewide Algal Technical Advisor and then the Statewide Algal Advisory Group Secretariat, in that order.
To report suspected algal blooms at all other times (state wide), please phone the Environment Hotline: 131 555
Barwon Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair (Neal Foster)
Technical Co-ordinator (Warwick Mawhinney): ph (02) 6701 9666
Media Liaison (Anne Brook): ph (02) 6701 9662
Central West Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair (Matthew Parmeter)
Technical Co-ordinator (Chris Knight): ph (02) 6841 7473
Media Liaison (Anne Brook): ph (02) 6701 9662
Far West Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair (Matthew Parmeter)
Technical Co-ordinator (Chris Knight): ph (02) 6841 7473
Media Liaison (Anne Brook): ph (02) 6701 9662
Hunter Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Technical Co-ordinator (Natasha Ryan): ph (02) 4904 2568
Media Liaison (James Muddle): ph (02) 4904 2692
Metropolitan and South Coast Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Technical Co-ordinator (Graham Carter): ph (02) 4904 2519
Office of the Hawkesbury Nepean (Tracey Nicol): ph (02) 4729 8138
Media Liaison (Brian Dodd): ph (02) 6641 6592
Murray Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair TBA
Technical Co-ordinator (Chester Merrick): (02) 6024 8850
Media Liaison (Bunty Driver): (03) 5898 3910
Secretariat (Sarah McGeoch) (02) 69329118
Murrumbidgee Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair (Tony Burns – NSW Health)
Technical Co-ordinator (Gerhard Schulz): (03) 5898 3948
Media Liaison (Bunty Driver): (03) 5898 3910
Secretariat (Sarah McGeoch) (02) 6932 9118
North Coast Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Technical Co-ordinator (Maxine Rowley): ph (02)
Media Liaison (Brian Dodd): ph (02) 6641 6592
Sunraysia Regional Algal Coordinating Committee
Chair (Owen Russell – Lower Murray Water)
Technical Co-ordinator (Chester Merrick): (02) 6024 8850
Media Liaison (Bunty Driver): (03) 5898 3910
Secretariat (Sarah McGeoch): (02) 6932 9118
Statewide Algal Technical Advisory Group (Technical Expertise)
Principal Limnologist (Dr Lee Bowling): ph (02) 9895 7466 or 0448 091 982
Statewide Algal Advisory Group (Policy and Management)
Chair (Bruce Cooper)
Secretariat /Co-ordinator (Natasha Ryan) ph: (02) 4904 2568 or 0411 154 381
Media Liason (Bunty Driver) (03) 5898 3910
Regional Algal Coordinating Committees in NSW
For further information click on the relevant area on the map or in the list below. 
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