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Regional rivers water quality monitoring programme: Data report 2017

TR 2018/25
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Report: TR 2018/25

Author: Asaeli Tulagi

About this report

The report provides information on the routine monthly monitoring of water quality at 102 locations across the Waikato region, and includes:

  • year 2017 summary statistics tabulated by parameter and reported together
  • spatial contour plots for four water quality parameters using spatial interpolation of the median of the previous 5 years
  • summary tables identifying the number of samples meeting ‘satisfactory’ and ‘excellent’ water quality guidelines and standards.

This report is the 22nd since the implementation of the regional rivers monitoring programme (RERIMP) in 1993[1] and follows the format of the previous data report (Tulagi, 2017). Copies of reports as described in the list of references (page 46) can be obtained by contacting Waikato Regional Council (the Library) on 0800 800 401 and filling out the request for service form at: www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/request or in electronic format from the publications page of the Waikato Regional Council website: www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/publications.

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Regional rivers water quality monitoring programme - Data report 2017 [PDF, 1.7 MB]

Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Report content
1.3 Water quality guidelines and standards
2 Regional rivers monitoring design
2.1 Sampling locations
2.2 Sample collection
2.3 Water quality parameters
2.4 Quality control, data storage and analysis
2.5 Reports
3 Results
3.1 Regional rivers monitoring programme summary statistics
3.2 Regional rivers monitoring programme comparison with water quality guidelines and standards