Acronyms and Abbreviations
- BOD5
- Biochemical oxygen demand (the amount of oxygen consumed by micro-organisms in a water sample measured over 5 days at 20°C).
- cumec
- cubic metres per second
- DIN
- Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen (NH)
- DO
- Dissolved Oxygen
- DoC
- Department of Conservation
- DRP
- Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus
- NH4-N
- ammoniacal nitrogen, organic form
- NIWA
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
- NO3-N
- nitrate nitrogen or nitrate-N
- NWQN
- National Water Quality Network
- ppb
- parts per billion
- SS
- Suspended solids
- TKN
- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (organic nitrogen plus ammonia)
- TN
- Total Nitrogen
- TP
- Total Phosphorus
- WCO
- Water Conservation Order
