6b828123-3135-46f0-8ee7-ab7bf0a34bfb Data curator NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research curator@niwa.co.nz 2012-08-08T08:14:55 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Recreational Water Quality (Greater Wellington Region) Ryan, A.; Warr, S. 2010. On the Beaches 2009/10: Annual recreational water quality monitoring report for the Wellington region. Greater Wellington Regional Council, Publication No. GW/EMI-G-10/68. Water quality monitoring in estuaries within the Greater Wellington region for the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Data collection began in the 1990s. Sampling sites are located in Wellington Harbour, Porirua, Paraparaumu, Otaki, Castlepoint and Riversdale. Sampling frequency = weekly (Nov to Mar) and monthly for rest of the year. Samples are generally collected between 8am and 4pm. Sampling began in the 1990s and is ongoing. Number of sites = 76 total. Number of replicates = 1 per site. Measured variables = Water measurements: temperature, E Coli (only at an estuarine site), Enterococci, Faecal coliforms (at 9 sites which are also considered recreational shellfish gathering sites) and turbidity (at sites where this is thought to affect bacterial counts). Sampling protocol & QA = A list of field and laboratory methods can be found in Ryan & Warr (2010). Greater Wellington Regional Council, Greater Wellington, Kapiti Coast District Council, Porirua City Council, Hutt City Council, and Wellington City Council. Juliet Milne Greater Wellington Regional Council Environmental Science Team Leader +64 4 384 5708 or 0800 496 734 (within New Zealand) +64 4 385 6960 142 Wakefield Street Wellington 6142 New Zealand Juliet.Milne@gw.govt.nz http://www.gw.govt.nz WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Greater Wellington Regional Council Link to the Greater Wellington Regional Council website marine estuarine coastal water column physical chemistry visual observation MEMP Restricted. Permission required from the Greater Wellington Regional Council for release of data or reports. eng environment Wellington Harbour, Porirua, Paraparaumu, Otaki, Castlepoint and Riversdale. 174.776 176.250 -41.355 -40.755 https://dc.niwa.co.nz/niwa_dc/srv/metadata/6b828123-3135-46f0-8ee7-ab7bf0a34bfb WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL Point of truth URL of this metadata record http://www.gw.govt.nz/document-library-2/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--downloaddata Link to the report on recreational water quality Quality assurance was imposed on methods. Geographic data used NZTM (LINZ). Temporal data were in NZST. Origin from which minimum and maximum values are measured: mean low water neap tide Data collection information: Water sample from top 0.5m of water column