Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA)

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Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

New Zealand river water quality trends show there’s still a long way to go

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has released updated water quality information for over 1,400 river sites. As well as state and trend information at these sites, trends have been aggregated at a national level to provide an overview of how New Zealand’s waterways are tracking. The results are a mix of degrading and improving trends across nine water quality indicators. The National River Water Quality 10-year Trend Summary (2009–2018) is publicly available on the LAWA website and Cawthron Institute led the analysis of trends.

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) · 25 Sept 2019

23 Sept 2019

Study: New Zealand’s rivers quality have a way to go

New Zealand's waterways from Northland to Southland are reducing in quality, according to a new Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) study. Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has released updated water quality information for over 1,400 river sites. As well as state and trend information at these sites, trends have been aggregated at a national level to […]