Otago Regional Council Environmental Data Portal (New Zealand)
AQUARIUS-based environmental data portal collating water level, river flow, rainfall and temperature from more than 350 monitoring sites across the Otago region, with up to 80 years of historical records viewable and downloadable as quality-approved data.
envdata.orc.govt.nz
At a glance
- Region
- New Zealand (Oceania)
- Coverage
- 350+ sites, Otago region
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- river flow
- river discharge
- water level
- rainfall
- temperature
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: river flow
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: rainfall
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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