Swimming Water Quality

Water quality is regularly monitored at popular swimming and recreational water sport locations within the Tasman District. This page displays sampling results for each of the monitored sites.

 

How to Interpret the Results

Points on the map use a three-tier warning system to show health risk, based on Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health guidelines.

CodeResponseSample Result

BeachesRivers

Surveillance

 

  <140 Enterococci per 100 mL <260 E.coli per 100 mL  Indicates a minimal health risk for recreational activities involving contact with water. 

Alert

  140-280 Enterococci per 100 mL  260-550 E.coli per 100 ml Indicates the health risk for recreational activites involving contact with water may have increased. This acts as a trigger and the Council collects more frequent samples.

Action

  >280 Enterococci per 100 mL  >550 E.coli per 100 mL Indicates any contact with the water could present a significant health risk.

Inactive Site

 Indicates a site that is not being monitored during the current Swimming Water Quality monitoring season, but which has been monitored in recent years.

 

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