Flow requirements for dissolved oxygen in the Waihou River catchment
TR 2014/10
Report: TR 2014/10
Author: Paul Franklin, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.
About this report
Waikato Regional Council is currently in the process of reviewing the status of water resource availability and allocation in the Waihou River catchment. The aim of this project was to evaluate the interactions between dissolved oxygen (DO) and flow in the catchment.
Read or download the survey report
Flow requirements for dissolved oxygen in the Waihou River catchment [PDF, 966 KB]
| Contents | |
| Executive summary | |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 1.1 | Background |
| 1.2 | Project scope |
| 2 | Methodology |
| 2.1 | Long-term data |
| 2.2 | Low flow DO dynamics |
| 3 | Results |
| 3.1 | Long-term data |
| 3.2 | Low flow dissolved oxygen dynamics |
| 3.2.1 | Waihou River |
| 3.2.2 | Mangawhero Stream |
| 4 | Discussion |
| 5 | Recommendations |
| 6 | References |