Benchmarking of aquatic ecosystem health and contact recreation outcomes in the Proposed Natural Resources Plan
- Author
- Greenfield S, Milne J, Perrie A, Oliver M, Tidswell S and Fairbrother P.
- Year
- 2015
- Journal / Source
- Greater Wellington Regional Council, Publication No. GW/ESCI-T-15/46, Wellington
- Pages
- 48 pp.
- Keywords
- Porirua,
- Summary
- This report benchmarks the current state of fresh and coastal water in the Wellington Region against the contact recreation and aquatic ecosystem health outcomes in Tables 3.1–3.3 and Tables 3.4–3.8 (respectively) of the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region (the proposed Plan) (GWRC 2015). Benchmarking is presented separately for each of the following: Rivers and streams Lakes Groundwater Coastal water Section two provides the benchmarking for each of these water body types against the aquatic ecosystem health outcomes in Table 3.4-3.8 of the proposed Plan. Section three provides benchmarking for each water body type against the contact recreation outcomes in Tables 3.1-3.3 of the proposed Plan. Each section provides a summary table of the benchmarking results and a brief commentary. League tables of data used in each section are provided in the appendices.