UC Campus waterways health monitoring: A preliminary design for an Integrated monitoring programme

Abstract

This report proposes an integrated water monitoring programme for waterways passing through the University of Canterbury (UC) Ilam campus, Christchurch, New Zealand. The University has previously supported a range of studies related to the health of these waterways, including research on water and sediment quality, heavy metal contamination, stream ecology and cultural health. However, there is no ongoing commitment or programme to monitoring the key indicators of stream health. This purpose of this study was; • To collate and review water data previously collected in the course of teaching and postgraduate research projects, and during urban stream monitoring by Christchurch City Council, for campus waterways, • To propose a simple, efficient integrated monitoring programme for the campus waterways.