The overall grade for Aquatic Ecosystem health for the Fitzroy Basin for this period was a C. Water provided for human use in Rockhampton and Central Highlands Regional Councils was excellent, resulting in A grades being awarded for all townships.

It was a tale of two extremes for the Basin, with western catchments experiencing drought conditions while the coastal catchments were drenched by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald. On its journey south from Cooktown to Sydney. it slowed west of Rockhampton for two days and delivered more than a metre of rain in places during this time. Mount Morgan was not spared and resulted in an abandoned gold mine pit overflowing and spilling poorer quality water into the Dee River. This contributed to the Callide being ranked as the worst performing freshwater catchment for three years running.