Waikato River water quality monitoring programme: Data report 2018

Report: TR 2019/11

Authors: Noel Bates, Asaeli Tulagi

This report covers the calendar year of 2018 and follows the format of the previous data report (Tulagi, 2017).

This report is the 28th since the re-design of the Waikato River Monitoring Programme (WaRiMP) implemented in 1989.

The report provides information on routine monthly monitoring of water quality at 10 sites:

• Year 2018 summary data tabulated by parameter for each location and reported with the median of the previous 5 years.
• Key parameter graphs showing the average water quality for 2018 at each location, compared to results of the previous 5 years.
• Summary tables identifying the number of samples meeting ‘satisfactory’ and ‘excellent’ water quality standards and guidelines.
• Raw data for 2018.
• Five-yearly pesticide survey at six sites.