Water quality

Turbidity

High turbidity Photo: DERM

River Crossing on road to Lawn Hill Photo: DERM

Turbidity is highly variable across the province, at most sites it is low (median of 6) though some areas are highly turbid (pulling up the mean to 51).  This effect can also be seen as the turbidity values range from extremely low (minimum of 1) to the extent measurable by the field meters (maximum of 1000).    

 

Primary productivity and light climate

Methods

 

Mean SE Maximum Minimum Median
Turbidity (NTU) * 51.373 12.825 1000 1 6

*All available field measurements taken from available reference site data from the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s AQEIS database, December 2009. 

Last updated: 21 February 2012

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