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Kōrero: Water quality

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Water quality in New Zealand

Salmon fishing

Salmon fishing (1 o 2)

White-water rafting

White-water rafting (2 o 2)

Clyde Dam spillway

Clyde Dam spillway (1 o 2)

Field irrigation

Field irrigation (2 o 2)

Clean drinking water

Clean drinking water

Waipā and Waikato rivers meet

Waipā and Waikato rivers meet

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Water pollution

Sources of water

Sources of water

Blue-green algae in Lake Waihola, Otago

Blue-green algae in Lake Waihola, Otago

Lake Taupō

Shaded waterway

Shaded waterway

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Problem plants and microbes

Campylobacter

Wainuiomata toilet

Wainuiomata toilet

A handful of didymo

A handful of didymo

Lagarosiphon

Lagarosiphon (1 o 3)

Egeria

Egeria (2 o 3)

Canadian pondweed

Canadian pondweed (3 o 3)

Hornwort

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Lakes Rotorua and Taupō, and the Manawatū River

Wetland reduces nutrient loads

Wetland reduces nutrient loads

Lake Taupō catchment

Lake Taupō catchment

No fun for the fish

No fun for the fish

Toxic algae

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Management of water quality

Measuring water quality

Measuring water quality (2 o 1)

Using silver carp

Using silver carp

Regional council role in improving water quality

Regional council role in improving water quality

Cows in stream

Cows in stream (1 o 2)

Well-fenced stream

Well-fenced stream (2 o 2)

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/water-quality/media (accessed 30 September 2023)

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook and Kit Rutherford, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008, updated 18 Jul 2016