NIWA Water Quality Information System (WQIS)
Free national data service with monthly water quality data since 1989 from 77 river monitoring sites including dissolved oxygen, temperature, clarity, turbidity, pH, nutrients, bacteria
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At a glance
- Region
- New Zealand (Oceania)
- Coverage
- 77 river monitoring sites across New Zealand
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Temperature
- Clarity
- Turbidity
- pH
- Nutrients
- Faecal Indicator Bacteria
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: Dissolved Oxygen
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Temperature
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
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
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