Coastal Water Quality for Contact Recreation (Waikato Region)

Water quality monitoring of swimming beaches in the Waikato region for Waikato Regional Council.

Sampling frequency = Weekly (Dec to Feb); alternating every year between West Coast and Coromandel Peninsula sites.

Sampling began in 1999 and continued until funding for the programme was withdrawn in 2009/10.

Number of sites = 25 total; West Coast (9), Hauraki Gulf (6), Coromandel East Coast (10).

Number of replicates = 1 per site.

Measured variables = Sample taken from top 0.5m water column in water depth approx 1m. Lowest depth in dataset was 2 m.

Water measurements: salinity, temperature, Enterococci.

Number of people swiiming at the site is also recorded.

Sampling protocol & QA = Aim to determine whether the water quality is suitable for contact recreation (for example, swimming).

 
Citation proposal
. Coastal Water Quality for Contact Recreation (Waikato Region). https://dc.niwa.co.nz:/niwa_dc/srv/api/records/dc552529-059e-4306-bc46-5c435e929894
 

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dc552529-059e-4306-bc46-5c435e929894   XML
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--downloaddata
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Metadata language
eng
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  • Environment
 

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Coupled resource
 
 

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Coupled resource
Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

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Keywords
  • subtidal beaches marine estuarine coastal water column chemistry physical visual observation
 
 

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W


 

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Date
 

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Quality assurance was imposed on methods.

Temporal data were in NZST.

Limitation: DISCONTINUED

 

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Conformity

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Responsible organization (s)

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Organisation name
Waikato Regional Council
Email
[email protected]
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
Waikato Regional Council
Email
[email protected]
 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name
NIWA National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
Email
[email protected]
Date stamp
2012-08-07T19:36:12
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UTF8
 
 

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Conformance class 1: invocable

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Conformance class 2: interoperable

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Quality of Service
 
Access constraints
Limitation
 
Use constraints
Limitation
 
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
 
 

Conformance class 3: harmonized

 
 

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