13 January 2023
Freshwater Update 89 brings you the latest information from NIWA's Freshwater Centre.
In this issue
Fallout from nuclear testing helps reveal the importance of streambank erosion in New Zealand catchments
The obvious and sometimes dramatic nature of streambank erosion suggests that it may be a significant contributor of sediment to New Zealand rivers. Despite this, there have been very few attempts to determine the relative importance of streambank erosion as a source of sediment in New Zealand catchments.How to cultivate freshwater or saltwater plants to help restore aquatic ecosystems
NIWA has released two booklets to provide advice on the cultivation of native submerged macrophytes to help rehabilitation initiatives in freshwater and saltwater environments.Ecocultural research aims to improve wastewater management
Media attention often focusses on repeated failures of reticulated wastewater networks in our larger cities.Staff Profile: Richard White
Richard White is a quantitative freshwater ecologist based in Christchurch.The principles of effective riparian buffer design
Nutrients, sediment, and microbial contaminants are mobilized from urban and agricultural landscapes and enter streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries.Using algae for nutrient pollution mitigation
NIWA is working with farming enterprises on a novel pollution mitigation technology to remove nutrients from agricultural runoff.