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Waikato River Water Quality Monitoring Programme: Data Report 2010

TR 2011/03
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Report: TR 2011/03
Author: Stuart Beard

Abstract

This report provides information on routine monthly monitoring of the Waikato River's water quality at 10 sites:

  • Raw data is provided for 2010.
  • Year 2010 summary data is tabulated by parameter for each location and reported with the median of the previous five years.
  • Key parameter graphs show the average water quality for 2010 at each location, compared to results of the previous five years.
  • Summary tables identify the number of samples meeting ‘satisfactory’ and ‘excellent’ water quality standards and guidelines.

Additional information on flow and datasonde deployments is provided in the appendices.  The effect of flow is important to assessing water quality and making comparisons between years.  Plots of deployments undertaken during 2010 showing the level of diurnal and seasonal variation at five Waikato River sites.

Waikato River Water Quality Monitoring Programme: Data Report 2010 [PDF, 2.1 MB]

Contents
  Acknowledgement i
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Report content 1
1.3 Water quality guidelines and standards 2
2 The Waikato River monitoring programme design 3
2.1 Sampling collection 3
2.2 Sample locations 3
2.3 Water quality parameters 4
2.4 Quality control, data storage and analysis 5
2.5 Reports 5
3 Results 5
3.1 Waikato River monitoring programme 6
  Routine water quality monitoring  6
  Summary statistics  6
  Key parameter graphs  6
  Comparison with water quality standards  6
  Raw data  6
3.2 Waikato river monitoring programme 25
  Bathing season microbiological survey  25
  Summary statistics  25
  Comparison with water quality standards  25
  Parameter graph  25
  Raw data  25
  References  29
   Appendix I : Flow information  30
  Appendix II 31
  Datasonde deployments 31
  Diurnal variation of some water quality parameters 31
  Appendix III 46
  Water quality parameters 46
  Guidelines and standards 46
  Analytical methods 46