previous summers’ surveys 71
4.2.11.3 Benthic cyanobacteria 72
Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach 72 4.2.12
Oakura River below SH45 73 4.2.13
4.2.13.1 Comparison with guidelines 75
4.2.13.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 76
4.2.13.3 Benthic cyanobacteria 77
Waitara River at the town wharf, Waitara 78 4.2.14
4.2.14.1 Comparison with guidelines 81
4.2.14.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 82
Urenui River at the estuary 83 4.2.15
4.2.15.1 Comparison with guidelines
trend analysis 68
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4.11.4 Cyanobacteria 68
4.12 Waimoku Stream at Oakura Beach 68
4.12.1 Comparison with guidelines 70
4.12.2 Comparison with previous summer surveys 71
4.12.3 Long-term trend analysis 72
4.13 Oakura River below SH45 72
4.13.2 Comparison with previous summer surveys 74
4.13.3 Long-term trend analysis 75
4.13.4 Cyanobacteria 76
4.14 Waitara River at the town wharf, Waitara 77
4.14.1 Comparison with guidelines 79
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Table 24 Location of water quality sampling sites 71
Table 25 Summary of Kaupokonui Stream water quality data (ranges) from monthly monitoring for the
year under review (N=6 samples) 72
Table 26 Summary of Kaupokonui Stream water quality data from the Council surveys during the period
August 1994 to June 2022 74
Table 27 Description of the groundwater monitoring sites 75
Table 28 Summary of selected parameters from previous Council groundwater quality sampling
performed during the
EAR Agenda September 2024 V2
Timaru Stream at Weld Road 74
Table 68 Statistical results summary for the Timaru Stream at Weld
Road 75
Table 69 Bacterial guidelines performance at the Timaru Stream,
Weld Road site [% of 13 samples] 77
Table 70 Summary of E. coli bacteriological water quality data to date
(cfu/100ml) for all summer surveys in the Timaru Stream at
lower Weld Road 78
Table 71 Analytical results for the Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach 80
Table 72 Statistical results summary for the Waimoku Stream
6.3 6.5 6.3 6 6 6.5
Total alkalinity g/m3 CaCO3 170 158 171 72 72 180
Carbonate g/m3 CO3 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0
Bicarbonate g/m3 HCO3 210 193 210 88 88 220
Total hardness g/m3 CaCO3 131 119 125 67 67 210
Electrical conductivity mS/m 42.7 44 41.7 20.2 20.2 49.5
Total suspended solids g/m3 < 3 < 3 8 4 < 3 90
Total dissolved solids g/m3 230 270 220 131 131 320
Dissolved aluminium g/m3 - - < 0.003 - < 0.003 0.004
Dissolved arsenic g/m3 - - < 0.0010 - < 0.0010 < 0.0010
Dissolved
Performance against guidelines at Lake Opunake 62
Table 35 Cyanobacteria counts (cells/mL) at Lake Opunake [Health warning: >1.8 mm3/L] 63
Table 36 Statistical summary for Timaru Stream at Weld Road 66
Table 37 Performance against guidelines at Timaru Stream at Weld Road 67
Table 38 Statistical summary for Oakura River below SH45 72
Table 39 Performance against guidelines at Oakura River below SH45 73
Table 40 Percentage benthic cyanobacteria cover, detached and exposed mats at the
Waitaha Industrial Catchment Annual Report 2023-2024
Egmont Ntnl Park (North) 7 264.0 63 1201.5 101 17 Nov 1990
Dawson Falls Ntnl Park (South) 5 315.5 85 1262.0 123 21 Feb 1933
Kahui Hut Ntnl Park (West) 6 235.0 73 821.0 96 16 Nov 2005
Mangorei Upper Near bushline 5 158.5 - 949.5 - - Feb 2017
Hillsborough 6 140.0 99 468.5 139 27 Feb 2012
Brooklands New Plymouth 6 94.2 72 404.8 132 25 Jan 1872
Mangati Bell Block 6 109.0 105 399.2 145 27 Oct 2012
Weston's Farm Motunui 5 68.6 69 351.6 123 22 Feb 1998
Waiwhakaiho Egmont