Resources | 2019/20 Groundwater quality monitoring | Greater Wellington Regional Council

Monitoring data

Full monitoring data for the 2019/20 monitoring season can be downloaded here and data for other time periods can be accessed at graphs.gw.govt.nz/. Please read the disclaimer before using this information.

Useful links

National Environmental Monitoring Standards: Water Quality Part 1 - Sampling, Measuring, Processing and Archiving of Discrete Groundwater Quality Data

New Zealand Drinking Water Standards

Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality

Nitrate Toxicity Effects on Freshwater Aquatic Species

Land and Water Aotearoa (LAWA) Groundwater

References

ANZECC 2018. Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 1, The Guidelines. Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. Agriculture and Resource Management Councils of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra.

Close ME, Rosen MR. and Smith SR. 2001. Fate and transport of nitrates and pesticides in New Zealand’s aquifers. In RosenMR and White PA (Eds) Groundwaters of New Zealand (pp185-220). New Zealand Hydrological Society.

Hickey, CW. 2013. Updating nitrate toxicity effects on freshwater aquatic species. Prepared for Ministry of Building, Innovation and Employment: Funded by Envirolink. NIWA Client Report No: HAM2013-009

Ministry of Health. 2018. Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (revised 2018). Ministry of Health, Wellington.