The survey site is situated within King Edward Park in Stratford Township, approximately 11 km downstream of the National Park boundary, with several consented treated waste discharges from dairy ponds in the catchment upstream of the site.
Swimming, picnicking, fishing and boating are the main recreational activities at this site.
Recreational bathing surveys over the last two summers showed that 77% (2018-2019) and 91% (2019-2020) of samples met the freshwater microbiological water quality guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Environment in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (MfE, 2003) and did not exceed the ‘Action’ level (>550 E.coli cfu/100mls).
The State of the Environment technical report showing the freshwater recreational monitoring results is available at
https://www.trc.govt.nz/environmental-monitoring-technical-reports/
The survey site is situated within King Edward Park in Stratford Township, approximately 11 km downstream of the National Park boundary, with several consented treated waste discharges from dairy ponds in the catchment upstream of the site.
Swimming, picnicking, fishing and boating are the main recreational activities at this site.
Recreational bathing surveys over the last two summers showed that 77% (2018-2019) and 91% (2019-2020) of samples met the freshwater microbiological water quality guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Environment in conjunction with the Ministry of Health (MfE, 2003) and did not exceed the ‘Action’ level (>550 E.coli cfu/100mls).
The State of the Environment technical report showing the freshwater recreational monitoring results is available at
https://www.trc.govt.nz/environmental-monitoring-technical-reports/
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