Tagged: Overseer

Water quality models – are they good enough for management? - Waiology

Waiology • Dec 02, 2013 •

• CLUES,
• modelling,
• nitrate,
• Overseer,
• Water quality

By Sandy Elliott Water quality models are making their way to a farm or catchment near you – so what are they, and how good are they? Models are being used in New Zealand to address water quality impacts of land use from national to farm scales. At national scale, the CLUES model was recently linked to a … Read More

Managing nitrogen in the Lake Taupo catchment - Waiology

Waiology • Nov 13, 2013 •

• Lake Taupo,
• management,
• modelling,
• nitrogen,
• Overseer,
• Water quality

By Bill Vant and Jon Palmer More than 10 years ago, the Waikato Regional Council became concerned about the effects of increasing catchment loads of nitrogen on the water quality of Lake Taupo. Calculations showed that most (>90%) of the manageable nitrogen entering the lake came from areas of pasture in the catchment. A variation to the Waikato Regional … Read More