Attribution of river water-quality trends to agricultural land use and climate variability in New Zealand
T. H. Snelder
A E , C. Fraser A , S. T. Larned B , R. Monaghan C , S. De Malmanche D and A. L. Whitehead B
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations
A LWP Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand.
B National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.
C AgResearch, Mosgiel, New Zealand.
D Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand.
E Corresponding author. Email: ton@lwp.nz
Marine and Freshwater Research 73(1) 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF21086
Submitted: 21 March 2021 Accepted: 25 August 2021 Published: 30 September 2021
Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2022 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND
Abstract
Trends at 1051 river monitoring sites across New Zealand incrementing annually for time windows of 10 and 20 years over the 28-year period ending 2017 were assessed from regular observations of six water quality variables. Between-site variation in trend strength and direction was modelled as a function of an indicator based on the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and the mean of and changes to catchment: (1) stocking intensity associated with pastoral livestock; and (2) area associated with plantation forest. The SOI indicator made consistent contributions to the models for the 10-year windows, but the land use indicators did not, indicating that land use signals were generally swamped by the effects of climate variability at this timescale. Some land use indicators made consistent and certain contributions to the models for the 20-year time windows. Depending on the water quality variable, some land use indicators were associated with both water quality improvement and degradation. The relationships were generally consistent with plausible explanations including changes in land use, land use intensity and land management practices. Robust attribution of water quality changes to changes to specific agricultural land uses will enable the development of precise and effective policies to achieve water quality improvement.
Keywords: climate, land use, New Zealand, rivers, trends, water quality.
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