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Nitrogen

Nitrogen

E. Coli

Faecal Indicator Bacteria

water cycle

The water cycle

Highest flow ever recorded

The most water that has flowed through a particular site during the monitoring period.

State

Calculating land cover state

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A

Aerobic

Aesthetic/amenity value

Algae

Algal bloom

Allocation

Ammonia

Ammoniacal nitrogen

Ammonium

Amount available to consent

Annual percentage

Anoxic

Aquatic

Aquifer

Arsenic

B

Bacteria

BAM

BAM-Nephelometer

Banded Kokopu

Benthic

Benzene

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

Biodiversity

Biomass

Black Disc

Blue-green algae

Box and Whisker Plots

Braided river

Breach

Broad land cover class

Built features

C

Carbon monoxide

Catchment

Catchment Size

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll a (1)

Clarity

Clarity tube

Climate change

Closed canopy

Comparing consented and used water

Concentration

Condensation

Conductivity

Confluence

Consented and measured volume

Consented as a percentage of available

Consented volume

consumptive

Contact recreation

Contamination

Cross-section

Cumec

Current water level

Cyanobacteria

D

Deposited sediment

Detailed land cover class

Detection limit

Detritus

Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)

Diffuse source discharge

Discharge

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN)

Dissolved oxygen (DO)

Dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP)

Distribution

E

1 in 10 year Exceedence

1 in 25 year Exceedence

1 in 5 year Exceedence

1 in 50 year Exceedence

E. coli (Escherichia coli)

E-BAM

Ecology

Ecosystem

Effluent

Emission

Endemic

Enterococci

Environmental indicator

Environmental reporting

Environmental values

EPT

Erosion

Escherichia coli

Estuary

Eutrophic

Eutrophication

Evaporation

Evapotranspiration

Exceedance

Exotic

Exotic land cover

F

Faecal Indicators

Faecal matter

Filamentous algae

Flood

Floodplain

Flow

Flow adjustment

Flow regime

Fossil fuel

Freshwater

Freshwater objectives

G

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Giant Kokopu

Groundwater

Guideline

H

Habitat

Hapu

Heavy metal(s)

High volume sampler

Highest flow ever recorded

Home heating sources of air pollution

Human pressure

Hydrology

Hyporheic zone

I

Inanga

Indigenous land-cover

Indigenous species

Indoor sources of air pollution

Industrial sources of air pollution

Introduced species

Invasive Impact

Invasive species

Invertebrate

Irrigation

Iwi

K

Kaitiaki

Kaitiakitanga

Kaumātua

Koaro

L

Lake Level

Lake Size

Lake Submerged Plant Indicators

Land and Water Forum

Land cover

Land cover classes

Land Cover Database (LCDB)

Landscapes

Leaching

Limit

Liquid waste

Live flow

Load

Longfin Eel

Lowest flow ever recorded

M

1-Day MALF

7-day MALF

Macroinvertebrate Community Index (MCI)

Macroinvertebrates

Macrophytes

Mahinga kai

main stem

Mana

Mātauranga Māori

Mauri

Maximum Depth

Mean annual low flow (MALF)

Mean annual low flow (MALF) (1)

Median

Median annual flow

Medium land cover class

Mesotrophic

Microbial Assessment Category (MAC)

Micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3)

Microtrophic

Milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3)

Model/modelling

Monitoring

Monitoring network

Monitoring site

Monthly median (rainfall)

N

National Ambient Air Quality Guidelines (2002)

National Environmental Monitoring Standards

National Environmental Standards

National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (NES-AQ)

National Objectives Framework (NOF)

National Objectives Framework (NOF) (1)

National Policy Statement (NPS)

National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPSFM)

National River Water Quality Network (NRWQN)

Native

Native Condition

Natural features

Natural sources of air pollution

Nitrate nitrogen (nitrate)

Nitrified

Nitrite nitrogen

Nitrogen

Nitrogen dioxide

Non-point source discharge

NTU

Nuisance weed

Nutrient

Nutrient run-off

O

Objective

OECD

Ogliotrophic

Optical sampler

Organic matter

Organic pollution

Outdoor burning sources of air pollution

Overall bacterial risk

Oxygen

Ozone

P

Parameter

Particulate matter

Partisol

passive sampling

Pathogen

Percentage of guideline

Percentage of mean level (bore)

Percentage of median (rainfall)

Percentage of time exceeded

Percentile

Periphyton

pH

Phosphorus

Photosynthesis

Phycocyanin

Phytoplankton

Plankton

PM10

PM10 guideline

PM2.5

Point-source discharge

Pollutant

Pollution

Polymictic

Population

Primary Production

Q

QMCI

Quartile

R

Rain in previous month

Rainfall annual total

Rainfall last 12 months

Rainfall last 24 hourse

Rainfall last 7 days

Rainfall last month

Rainfall this month

Reach

Recreational water quality

Regional council

Relative breakdown

Relative Volume

Remote sensing

Resource consent

Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA)

Respiration

Riparian

Run off to sea

Run-off

S

Sanitary Inspection Category (SIC)

Screening method

Secchi disc

Sediment

Sedimentation

Semi-quantitative Macroinvertebrate Community Index (SQMCI)

Shortfin Eel

Spawning

Standard method

State

State and Trend

State of the Environment (SOE) monitoring

State of the Environment (SOE) reporting

Stormwater

Stream order

Suitability for Recreation Grade (SFRG)

Sulphur dioxide

Summer Season Monitoring

Supertrophic

Surface water

Suspended sediment

T

Tāngata whenua

Taonga

Taxa Richness

Taxon

Telemetry

Temperature inversion

TEOM

TEOM-FDMS

Territorial authority

Total Nitrogen (TN)

Total Oxidised Nitrogen (TON)

Total Phosphorus (TP)

Toxic

Traffic sources of air pollution

Trend

Tributaries

Trophic Level

Tūpuna

Turbidity

U

Understory vegetation

Unitary authority

V

Variable

Visual Clarity

Volatile organic compound

Volume Consented

W

Wāhi tapu

Wastewater

Water body

Water clarity

Water column

Water Management Zone

Water quality

Water resources

Water take(s)

Water Temperature

Weather conditions

Weed

Wetland

Wetlands

Whānau

Winter day percentage

Woody vegetation

World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines

Z

Zooplankton