Freshwater Ecology for Waiū Dairy

Waiū Dairy Ltd contracted LDE in April 2022 to provide an Ecological Monitoring Plan (EMP) and baseline ecological survey for a watercourse adjacent to their irrigation site to ensure consent compliance and prioritise freshwater ecology for their site. Services were provided in collaboration with Riverlake and included:

• Development of an EMP to meet the dairy’s resource consent requirements • A habitat assessment covering width, depth, velocity and substrate size • Measurement of water quality variables (dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, electrical conductivity) • Assessment of macrophyte cover • Assessment of periphyton cover • Collection of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples for identification to the taxonomic resolution level • Completion of a baseline ecological survey report

In collaboration with Riverlake, LDE provided freshwater ecology services to Waiū Dairy to ensure resource consent compliance.