Lake Taupō Aqua Park has been closed for more than a month after gold clams were found in its lagoon. More than a month after the Lake Taupō Aqua Park was temporarily closed due to the discovery of invasive gold clams, officials are still figuring out how to deal with them.
Read MoreForest & Bird is warning of long-term consequences for nature and the economy following today’s announcement of 131 proposed jobs losses at DOC.
This comes on top of proposed redundancies in other government organisations that have roles to play in protecting New Zealand’s natural environment, including the Ministry for the Environment, Biosecurity New Zealand and NIWA. (Full article here)
Mafalda Baptista WRC Senior Scientist water Quality & Ecology, Science, Policy & Information will give an overview of WRC’s monitoring programme, 5.15 pm Thursday 21st March at the Quality Inn Acapulco, 19 Rifle Range Rd, Taupo. For more on Lake Taupo science see below:
Read MoreLWAG look forward to hearing an update from Jackie Egan (Environmental Planner) at NZ Forest Managers Ltd (NZFM) at our February meeting. Jackie is a regular attendee at our monthly meetings and has given past presentations on NZFM's operations and environmental advocacy.
Read MoreDevelopment of fast-track consenting legislation and changes to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
Forest and Bird condemns government proposals removing environmental protections (See their response below the Minister’s letter)
See also EDS response here: https://eds.org.nz/resources/documents/media-releases/2024/government-ramps-up-assault-on-our-natural-world/
Read MoreTopic “GROUNDWATER FLOW PROCESSES & NITROGEN LAG TIME IN THE TAUPŌ CATCHMENT” - Uwe Morgenstern
All welcome - 5.15 pm Thursday November 16 at the Quality Inn Acapulco Conference Room, 19 Rifle Range Rd
Groundwater science has been instrumental in enabling the Lake Taupo Protection Project which has the aim to reduce nitrogen in the Taupo Catchment. Refining the science and monitoring continues. Uwe is a world expert in dating water and has been involved with the Taupo catchment for many years. We look forward to hosting him. Bio here:
Read MoreThe Waikato River is at the centre of a new multi-million-dollar programme aiming to reveal how increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are affecting rivers and lakes – and what that means environmentally, economically, and socially.
Read MoreAll welcome 5.15 pm Thursday October 19, Quality Inn Acapulco Conference Room.
Read MoreRNZ In Depth Special Projects - Kirsty Johnson: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2018902262/crown-vs-cow-the-inside-story-of-how-we-failed-to-regulate-our-worst-climate-polluter
Read MoreIncluding: Water Quality of Lake Taupo & surface inflows to Taupo, & groundwater in the Taupo catchment.
Read MoreTaupō District Council is taking the reins of a trust which has played a crucial role in a groundbreaking project to safeguard the water quality of Lake Taupō.
Read MoreForestry has been in the media recently with crashing log prices, contractor layoffs and claims of neighbourhoods and infrastructure being damaged due to poor practices. This is your chance to hear forestry’s side of the story.
Read MoreFreshwater Policy Review ‘drop-in’ style event: June 1st 10-12 at WRC, Taupo 100 Horomatangi St
Policy development is progressing and WRC will consider the feedback they have received from communities, stakeholders and tangata whenua, alongside science information about the state of waterways and trends across the region.
Read MoreOur freshwater 2023 is the latest in a series of environmental reports produced by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ has found poor water quality is affecting people and the environment.
As well as this there is a Lakes380 report showing that half of country's lakes in poor health - New Zealand scientists say almost half of the country's lakes are in poor health, but it's not too late to fix them.
Lakes380, a collaborative project between GNS Science and the Cawthron Institute, wants more resources to clean 1700 lakes that are contaminated. The project has been measuring the health of lakes throughout Aotearoa. ‘Our Lakes’ Health: past, present, future’ https://lakes380.com
Read MoreThe Minister of Local Government, Hon Kieran McAnulty, has announced changes to water services reforms.
Read MoreOur Freshwater 2023 details the key pressures on New Zealand’s lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands and aquifers, and the impact of declining water quality on the economy, the environment, and our physical and cultural health. https://environment.govt.nz/publications/our-freshwater-2023/
Read MoreJohn Gifford will update us on ‘Rotorua Lakes Issues and Community Responses’ .
All are welcome Thursday 20th April, 5.15 pm at the Acapulco Motel Conference Room, 19 Rifle Range Road
Read MoreAgricultural and industrial run-off have caused a botulism outbreak that has killed thousands of birds at Whangamarino Wetland near Te Kauwhata and Meremere. - Stuff article Andrea Vance, Mar 19 2023
Read MoreLWAG are hosting Mercury Hydrologist David Payne who will present "Lake Taupo 2022 High Flow Sequence & Management Update" 5.15 pm Thursday 16th February, Acapulco Motor Inn conference room 19 Rifle Range Rd
We look forward to seeing you.
Read MoreHigh rainfall means Lake Taupō is sitting at its highest level in more than a decade.
The level of Lake Taupō is managed by Mercury Energy via the Control Gates Bridge, a few hundred metres downstream from where the lake flows into the Waikato River.
Resource consent conditions stipulate the lake level should be kept at a range between 355.85 and 357.25 metres above sea level. Mercury was holding water back in Lake Taupō earlier this week to take pressure off flooded downstream catchments, including Lake Karapiro.
As a result, the level of Lake Taupō surpassed the maximum after the weekend’s rain, triggering a high flow management plan.
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