LAWA Download Data
LAWA bulk download page providing CC BY 4.0 licensed national water quality and quantity datasets collected by New Zealand's 16 regional councils and Earth Sciences New Zealand.
lawa.org.nz
At a glance
- Region
- New Zealand (Oceania)
- Coverage
- New Zealand
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Water quality
- River flow
- Groundwater level
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Water quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: River flow
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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