Water publications

Sustainable Water Programme of Action publications | Reports prepared for the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board | General publications | Best practice guides and guidelines | Technical reports | Reports and guides prepared by other organisations

Sustainable Water Programme of Action publications

Name	Date	Reference
Proposed National Environmental Standard on Ecological Flows and Water Levels: Summary of Submissions	February 2009	ME909
Snapshot of the proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management	July 2008	ME888
Proposed National Environmental Standard for Water Measuring Devices: Report on Submissions	April 2007	ME803
Proposed National Environmental Standard for Water Measuring Devices Discussion Document	November 2006	ME783
Freshwater for the Future information sheet	April 2006	INFO158
Freshwater for the Future: A supporting document	April 2006	ME722
Sustainable Water Programme of Action Stakeholder Reference Group: Report from the Water Allocation and Use Workshop held at the Ministry for the Environment on 25 June 2004	August 2005	ME681
Testing the Water: Report on the Sustainable Water Programme of Action Written Submissions	July 2005	ME677
Report of the Sustainable Development Water Programme of Action Public Meetings	July 2005	ME676
Report of the Sustainable Development Water Programme of Action Local Government Workshops	July 2005	ME675
Wai Ora: Report of the Sustainable Water Programme of Action Consultation Hui	July 2005	ME674
Reflections: A Summary of Your Views on the Sustainable Water Programme of Action	July 2005	ME673
Potential Water Bodies of National Importance for Recreation Value	December 2004	ME559
Freshwater for a Sustainable Future: Issues and Options	December 2004	ME555
The Effects of Rural Land Use on Water Quality	July 2004	ME563
Potential Water Bodies of National Importance	July 2004	ME562
Water Programme of Action: Water Allocation and Use	June 2004	ME561
Property Rights in Water Quality: A Review of Stakeholders' Understanding and Behaviour	April 2004	TR137
Economic Instruments for Managing Water Quality in New Zealand	January 2004	ME135
Property Rights in Water: A Review of Stakeholders' Understanding and Behaviour	November 2003	TR133
The Water Programme of Action	November 2003	INFO 43

Reports prepared for the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board

Name	Date	Reference
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan (including High Court amendments)	July 2006	ME770
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan	September 2005	ME685
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan: Annex 1 - Decision and principal reasons for adopting the Plan provisions	September 2005	ME686
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan: Material incorporated by reference	September 2005	ME688
Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan Section 32 Report	September 2005	ME687
Visitor Survey of the Lower Waitaki Valley	February 2005	ME587
Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Irrigation in the Mackenzie Basin	February 2005	ME583
Waitaki Catchment Hydrological Information	February 2005	ME582
Option and Existence Values for the Waitaki Catchment	January 2005	ME577
Potential Demands for Waitaki Catchment Water (non Hydro, Irrigation or Stock)	January 2005	ME572
Waitaki Catchment Groundwater Information	December 2004	ME569
Waitaki Catchment Recreation and Tourism Activities - GIS report	December 2004	ME568
Waitaki Catchment Recreation and Tourism Activities - Written Report: Collation, synthesis and presentation of existing studies	December 2004	ME567
Regional Economic Analysis - Uses of Water in the Waitaki Catchment	November 2004	ME566
Freshwater Ecological Values of the Waitaki Catchment	November 2004	ME556

General publications

Name	Date	Reference
Summary of the Report by a Special Tribunal Appointed by the Minister for the Environment to Consider an Application for a Water Conservation Order for the Oreti River	November 2007	CR 22
Report by a Special Tribunal Appointed by the Minister for the Environment to Consider an Application for a Water Conservation Order for the Oreti River	November 2007	CR 21
Proposed National Environmental Standard for Water Measuring Devices: Report on Submissions	April 2007	ME803
Section 32 Report: Proposed National Environmental Standard for Sources of Human Drinking-water	March 2007	ME798
Snapshot of Water Allocation in New Zealand	November 2006	ME782
Managing Catchments and Flood Risk	October 2006	INFO 170
New Zealand. A Valuable Body of Water.	October 2006	INFO 172
Report on submissions: Proposed National Environmental Standard for Sources of Human Drinking Water	February 2006	ME716
Discussion Document: Proposed National Environmental Standard for Human Drinking Water Sources	September 2005	ME682
Lake Taupo - The Ministry for the Environment's perspective	October 2004	INFO 75
Aquaculture Reform	July 2004	INFO 63
Action for the Ground	June 2002	ME441
Hold it. . . We're Cleaning Up The Coast - Dealing With Sewage Safely and Responsibly on Your Boat	May 2002	ME436
Sewage Systems for Recreational Boats	November 1999	ME384A

Best practice guides and guidelines

Name	Date	Reference
An Introduction to Drinking Water Contaminants, Treatment and Management	June 2008	CR 45
A Guide to the Ministry of Health Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand	June 2008	CR 44
Proposed National Environmental Standard on Ecological Flows and Water Levels: Discussion Document	March 2008	ME868
Draft Guidelines for the Selection of Methods to Determine Ecological Flows and Water Levels	March 2008	CR 20
A National Protocol for State of the Environment Groundwater Sampling in New Zealand	December 2006	ME781
Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways	February 2006	ME711
Culvert and Bridge Construction: Guidelines for Farmers	October 2004	ME549
Keeping our coastal waters clean	January 2004	INFO 49
Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas	June 2003	ME474
Lake Manager’s Handbook: Fish in New Zealand Lakes	June 2002	ME445
Lake Manager’s Handbook: Alien Invaders	June 2002	ME444
Lake Manager’s Handbook: Lake Level Management	June 2002	ME443
Lake Manager’s Handbook: Land-Water Interactions	June 2002	ME442
Protocols for sampling macroinvertebrates in wadeable streams	November 2001	-
Managing Waterways on Farms : A guide to sustainable water and riparian management in rural New Zealand	July 2001	ME385
New Zealand Periphyton Guidelines: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams	June 2000	ME359
ANZECC water quality guidelines for fresh and marine water quality	2000	-
“Trigger” values for New Zealand rivers	May 2000	-
Using River Habitat Classification in Regional Plans	March 2000	ME337
The Use of Macroinvertebrates in Water Management	March 1999	ME311
Flow Guidelines for Instream Values	May 1998	ME270 ME271
Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Runoff on Water Quality	June 1997	ME237
Reasonable mixing – A discussion of reasonable mixing in water quality management	August 1994	-
Water Quality Guidelines No.2: Colour and Clarity	June 1994	ME142
Water Quality Guidelines No.1: Biological Growths	1992	-

Technical reports

Name	Date	Reference
Water Quality in Selected Dairy Farming Catchments: A baseline to support future water-quality trend assessments	July 2009	ME944
Freshwater recreational water quality reporting	July 2009
Water quality trends at National River Water Quality Network sites for 1989–2007	March 2009	CR63
Temporal and land-cover trends in freshwater fish communities in New Zealand's rivers: an analysis of data from the New Zealand Freshwater Database - 1970 - 2007	March 2009	CR 62
An Assessment of Regional Council Water Quality Data (1996–2002) in Support of National State of Environment Reporting (ENZ07)	March 2008	CR33
Groundwater Quality in New Zealand: State and Trends 1995–2006	August 2007	ME832
Lake Water Quality in New Zealand: Status in 2006 and recent trends 1990–2006	August 2007	ME831
Snapshot of Lake Water Quality in New Zealand	November 2006	ME776
Snapshot of Water Allocation in New Zealand	November 2006	ME782
State and Trends in the National River Water Quality Network (1989-2005)	November 2006	ME778
A Cultural Health Index for Streams and Waterways: a tool for nationwide use	April 2006	ME710
A review of short-term management options for Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti	December 2003	-
A Cultural Health Index for Streams and Waterways: Indicators for recognising and expressing Māori values	June 2003	ME475
Freshwater Microbiology Research Programme Report: Pathogen Occurrence and Human Health Risk Assessment Analysis	November 2002	TR122
Evaluation of Lectra/San® Marine Sewage Treatment System for Removal of Viruses in Sewage	June 2002	TR119
Attitudes and Barriers to Water Transfer	December 2001	TR115
Survey of Regional Council River Water Quality Monitoring Programmes	November 2001	TR70
Groundwater Resource Management – Information Gaps Analysis	September 2001	TR111
Evaluation of Low Flow Guidelines for Instream Values	June 2001	TR108
Confirmed indicators for the marine environment	June 2001	ME398
Lake Ngaroto Restoration: A Case Study	June 2001	ME397
Water Allocation – A Strategic Overview	May 2001	TR107
Application of the River Ecosystem Management Framework to water allocation management	March 2001	TR105
Monitoring the Trophic Status of New Zealand’s Lakes	2001	-
Information on Water Allocation in New Zealand	April 2000	TR96
Standard Methods for Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing: Development and Application	November 1998	TR84
Environmental Performance Indicators: An analysis of potential indicators for freshwater biodiversity	November 1998	TR48
An analysis of potential indicators for marine biodiversity	November 1998	TR44
Environmental Performance Indicators: an analysis of potential indicators for fishing impacts	November 1998	TR43
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposed Indicators for Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity	November 1998	ME299
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposed Indicators for the Marine Environment	November 1998	ME296
Review of Environmental Performance Indicators for Toxic Contaminants in the environment - air, water and land	October 1998	TR37
Environmental Performance Indicators: Marine environment potential indicators for physical and chemical processes, and human uses and values	September 1998	TR45
Environmental Performance Indicators for Groundwater	May 1998	TR38
Draft policy goals for coasts estuaries	January 1998	TR41
Potential coastal and estuarine indicators - a review of current research and data	November 1997	TR40
Monitoring and indicators of the coastal and estuarine environment - a literature review	June 1997	TR39
Environmental indicators for the sustainable management of fresh water	January 1997	TR4

Reports and guides prepared by other organisations

Name	Date	Organisation
A User Guide for the Macroinvertebrate Community Index	2007	Cawthron
New Zealand Drinking Water Standards	2005	Ministry of Health
The New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit (SHMAK)	1998	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)