Waterways Technical Reports
The Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management publishes a technical report series. These reports outline the results of short term graduate student research (usually summer scholarship topics) and of contracted research projects undertaken by staff and postgraduate students. The reports are listed below. Where the report is freely available, a pdf can be downloaded.
A few reports cannot be downloaded without consultation as they are confidential to a client. Please contact the Waterways Centre if you wish to see these reports and we will negotiate with the client.
2020 Reports
- Waitatari/Harts Creek Bird Hide: Exploring Visitor Book Data (2017-2019) WCFM Report 2020-001 (PDF 2.3MB)
2019 Reports
- Oral Histories of the Selwyn Waikirikiri River - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2019-002 (PDF 3.27 MB)
- Behaviour change programmes for prevention of urban stormwater contamination:
A literature review - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2019-003 (PDF 2.2 MB) - The relationship between community engagement in urban waterway management and community well-being - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2019-004 (PDF 1.46 MB)
- Review of Recreational Value from Urban Waterway and Stormwater Management - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2019-005 (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Socio-economic mapping of sub-catchment communities in the Heathcote catchment, Christchurch - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2019-006 (PDF 3.6 MB)
2018 Reports
- UC Campus Waterways Health Monitoring - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2018-003 (PDF 1.4 MB)
2017 Reports
- Options for Addressing P-Enriched Sediments in Lakes: A Literature Review - Summer Scholarship Client Report - WCFM Report 2017-003 (PDF 2.1 MB)
- The extent of the dry reaches in tributaries of the Avon/Ōtākaro River - Summer Scholarship Report - WCFM Report 2017-004 (PDF - 8.9 MB)
- A review of methods for measuring groundwater–surface water exchange in braided rivers - Summer Scholarship published output
2016 Reports
- Scott Base Environmental Inspection 2015 - WCFM Report 2016-001
- Spatial effects of the Canterbury earthquakes on inanga spawning habitat and implications for waterways management -
WCFM & MERG Report 2016-002 - Flucuations in the flow of artesian springs in Christchurch - WCFM Report 2016 - 003 (PDF 3 MB)
- Residual contamination and environmental effects at the former site of Vanda Station, Antarctica - WCFM Report 2016-004 (PDF 2.7 MB)
2015 Reports
- Sustainability analysis of five lakes in the Wellington Region
- Lake Wairarapa, Lake Onoke, Lake Pounui, Lake Waitawa and Lake Kohangatera - WCFM Report 2015-005 (PDF 3.2MB)
- Scott Base Environmental Inspection 2014 - WCFM Report 2015-003
- Patch Dynamics of Phormidium Blooms in Canterbury Rivers - WCFM Report 2015-002 (PDF 900kb)
Renan Thiesen
2014 Reports
- Environmental Factors that promote Phormidium blooms in Canterbury Rivers - WCFM Report 2014-001 (PDF 803kb)
Tara McAllister - Silver and Other Metals in Christchurch Urban Waterways - WCFM Report 2014-003 (PDF 1MB)
Phil Clunies-Ross - Scott Base Environmental Inspection 2013
2013 Reports
- Surface Water and Groundwater Resources of Christchurch City and Selwyn District: A searchable meta-database for finding information- WCFM Report 2013-001 (PDF 1.29 MB) Database
Michelle Ruske
- Assessing Unmonitored Water Use in Semi-Rural Environments: An Investigation into the Okana and Okuti River Catchments, Little River, Canterbury- WCFM Report 2013-002 (PDF 1.37 MB)
Jay Whitehead - Principal Sources of Summer Sediment to Lake Forsyth/Wairewa - WCFM Report 2013-003 (PDF 2.49 MB)
Jordan Miller
- The Concentration of Arsenic (and other trace elements) in Watercress in Christchurch Waterways- WCFM Report 2013 - 004 (PDF 1.8 MB)
Beth Williams - An Assessment of the Value and Feasibility of Mahinga Kai at UC - WCFM Report 2013-005 (PDF 1.15 MB)
Ani Alana Kainamu - Scott Base Environmental Inspection 2012- WCFM Report 2013-006
Professor Jenny Webster-Brown
2012 Reports
- Compilation of Lincoln University Water Quality Monitoring Data for Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora Catchment: 1993-2011- WCFM Report 2012-001 (PDF 6.4 MB); WCFM TR 2012-001 LU WQ Data Te Waihora Catchment 1993-2011 database.slsx
Ruth Markham-Short - Irrigation efficiency under Northwester storm conditions- WCFM Report 2012-002 (PDF 1.8 MB)
Laura Edmondson - Trace Elements in the Sediments of Lake Forsyth/Wairewa - WCFM Report 2012-003 (PDF 1 MB)
Rosemary Parry - A Summer Hydrological Budget for Lake Forsyth/Wairewa: Preliminary Findings - WCFM Report 2012-004 (PDF 3.28 MB)
Neil Berry and Jenny Webster-Brown
2011 Reports
- Trace Elements in the Sediments of Te Waihora - WCFM Report 2011-001 (PDF 1.09 MB)
Peter Joynt - Diurnal Variation in Te Waihora Water Quality - WCFM Report 2011-002 (PDF 1.82 MB)
Kelly FIsher - Diurnal Variation in Wairewa Water Quality - WCFM Report 2011-003 (PDF 1.33 MB)
Pauline Robertson - Getting the Stormwater Message Across: Supporting Information on the Effects of Selected Residential Activities on Stormwater Quality - WCFM Report 2011-004
Sean Waters
