Targeted Groundwater Quality Investigations in the Wairarapa
Search in document libraryThis report summarises six targeted groundwater quality
studies conducted in the Wairarapa from 2004 to 2008.
These studies investigated the extent of nitrate-nitrogen
contamination in selected intensive farming areas in
Te Ore Ore, Carterton and South Featherston, expanding
coastal settlements (Riversdale and Flat Point) and an
area of increasing rural/residential subdivision serviced
by on-site wastewater treatment systems (Norfolk Road,
Carterton).