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Map1: Rain gauge sites
Table 1: Rainfall monthly and year to date totals at 27 rain gauge sites in Taranaki.
July Year to Date
Hydro_Sites
# Zero
Rain
days
Total
Rainfall
(mm)
% of
typical
month
Total to
date (mm)
% of typical
year to date
% of typical
full year
Records
Began
North Egmont at
Visitors Centre 6 1196.0 179.9 4111.000 113.9 61.1 1991
Dawson Falls 4 1418.5 296.4 4521.000 178.9 100.5
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Table of contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Context 1
1.2 Scope of assessment 1
1.3 Scheme description and key locations 1
2 Catchment characteristics and water resources 5
2.1 Waiwhakaiho catchment 5
2.1.1 Drainage and geology 5
2.1.2 Catchment area and cover 5
2.1.3 Rainfall 6
2.2 Hydrometric data 6
2.3 Water use in the catchment 7
2.4 Waiwhakaiho River flows
2024 sample results, notably an increase of 40mS/m at ARW000999 (downstream location). This
increase is likely a result of the unusually low rainfall in the region, which has reduced the natural mixing
and dilution of stream water.
Figure 5 Potassium trend from April 2021 to March 2024.
Potassium levels also remained at a low level throughout the surface water monitoring, with the exception
of higher levels recorded at all sites in March 2024. As noted in previous reports, control site
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Taranaki Regional Council Monthly Rainfall and Environmental
Data Report for August 2022
02 September, 2022
Provisional Data Only. Note: some sites record a number of parameters
1. Rain gauge values throughout the region
Note: Taranaki co-owns rain-gauges with Horizons, so we can assess rainfalls right-out
over the Eastern Hill Country.
Map1: Rain gauge sites
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Table 1: Rainfall monthly and year to date totals at 27 rain gauge sites in
a week between 1 November and 31 March each
year at 40 popular primary contact sites, including a range of beaches, rivers and lakes around Taranaki.
There are 23 freshwater sites (i.e. rivers and lakes) included in the current CISH programme.
The monitoring results highlight the impact that rainfall has on recreational water quality. Escherichia coli
concentrations can be significantly elevated at primary contact sites for up to three days following heavy
rainfall. This is owing to the
during the 2021-2022 monitoring year, with south Taranaki
commencing irrigation in November and the rest of the region beginning in January. Irrigation concluded
late April through to early May across the region. Rainfall recorded at the Council’s monitoring locations
over the summer irrigation period ranged between 82% and 203% of historical mean values. Even though
rainfall volumes were higher than previous years, the irrigation season was longer with total irrigation water
usage of 6,960 ML
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Map1: Rain gauge sites
Table 1: Rainfall monthly and year to date totals at 27 rain gauge sites in Taranaki.
June Year to Date
Hydro_Sites # days >
0.5 mm
Total
Rainfall
(mm)
% of
typical
month
Total to
date (mm)
% of typical
year to date
% of typical
full year
Records
Began
North Egmont at
Visitors Centre 8 658.0 98.4 2915.0 99.0 43.4 1991
Dawson Falls 5 906.0 191.2 3102.5 151.4 68.9 1933
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Regional Quarry Combined Biennial Report Southern Quarries 2022-2024