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Overview
Greater Wellington Regional Council’s river water quality and ecology monitoring programme provides information on the stream condition across the Wellington Region. Water quality and ecosystem health are currently monitored at 45 river and stream sites. These sites were chosen to represent the major land uses and human activities, and also the natural diversity of rivers and streams, in the wider Wellington Region.
Monitoring network
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Monitoring
Water Quality
River and stream water quality is assessed at monthly intervals by measuring a range of physicochemical and microbiological variables.
Ecology
Ecological variables assessed as part of the programme include:
