Groundwaters of Marlborough
Groundwaters of Marlborough is a new book that summarises what is known about Marlborough’s underground water resources. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and is intended to be a definitive resource for a wide audience from students, landowners or water resource specialists, to those developing policies and strategies to manage our water resources.
Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources in many parts of Marlborough. It meets our everyday domestic needs and is vital to the success of our primary industries, as well as supporting much of our lowland aquatic biodiversity.
Over the past 30 years, significant efforts have been devoted to understanding this essential resource. Groundwaters of Marlborough compiles all that knowledge and hydrological science into a single document. It builds on an earlier book published in 1988 by the Marlborough Catchment Board. Now, more is known about our groundwater resources, more wells have been drilled, and more aquifers have been developed.
Groundwaters of Marlborough has been collated and written by Marlborough District Council staff, with contributions from many others. The first part of the book introduces the nature and science of aquifers, while the second part explores each of the local groundwater systems in Marlborough.
A low-resolution version of the book is available to download for free here on our website. Each chapter can be downloaded as a separate PDF. Hard copies of the book can be purchased from Marlborough District Council’s Blenheim and Picton service centres for $50, including GST.
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 Table of Contents (65 Kb)
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Chapter 1 - Importance of Freshwater (313 Kb) |
| Chapter 2 - What is Groundwater (193 Kb) |
| Chapter 3 - History of Groundwater Use in Marlborough (908 Kb) |
| Chapter 4 - Groundwater Resource Investigations (506 Kb) |
| Chapter 5 - Locating and Accessing Groundwater (1,163 Kb) |
| Chapter 6 - Well Construction Methods (473 Kb) |
| Chapter 7 - Monitoring Groundwater Resources (3,780 Kb) |
| Chapter 8 - Regional Hydrogeology (1,193 Kb) |
| Chapter 9 - Aquifer Hydraulic Properties (1,152 Kb) |
| Chapter 10 - Aquifer Testing (686 Kb) |
| Chapter 11 - Groundwater Chemistry and Quality (1,509 Kb) |
| Chapter 12 - Environmental Isotopes (1,521 Kb) |
| Chapter 13 - Modelling Groundwater Behaviour (420 Kb) |
| Chapter 14 - Influences on Groundwater (1,266 Kb) |
| Chapter 15 - Groundwater and Surfacewater Interaction (958 Kb) |
| Chapter 16 - Wairau Plain Regional Groundwater Flow (921 Kb) |
| Chapter 17 - Wairau Aquifer (1,693 Kb) |
| Chapter 18 - Wairau Aquifer Coastal Sector (622 Kb) |
| Chapter 19 - Spring Creek (1,248 Kb) |
| Chapter 20 - Blenheim Urban Springs (631 Kb) |
| Chapter 21 - Deep Wairau Aquifer (646 Kb) |
| Chapter 22 - Woodbourne Sector (566 Kb) |
| Chapter 23 - Taylor River Related Aquifers (990 Kb) |
| Chapter 24 - Riverlands Aquifer (1,199 Kb) |
| Chapter 25 - Southern Springs (899 Kb) |
| Chapter 26 - Rarangi Shallow Aquifer (1,020 Kb) |
| Chapter 27 - Southern Valleys Catchments (191 Kb) |
| Chapter 28 - Benmorven Aquifer (557 Kb) |
| Chapter 29 - Fairhall-Brancott Valley Aquifers (1,041 Kb) |
| Chapter 30 - Omaka-Hawkesbury Valley Aquifers (474 Kb) |
| Chapter 31 - Omaka River Aquifer (1,105 Kb) |
| Chapter 32 - Lower Waihopai Aquifer (585 Kb) |
| Chapter 33 - Wairau Valley Groundwater Resources (957 Kb) |
| Chapter 34 - Wairau Lagoon Catchment Groundwater (373 Kb) |
| Chapter 35 - Awatere and Blind River Catchments (128 Kb) |
| Chapter 36 - Flaxbourne and Waima/Ure Catchments (436 Kb) |
| Chapter 37 - Marlborough Sounds/Rai/Pelorus River Valley (243 Kb) |
| Chapter 38 - Northbank Riparian Aquifers (531 Kb) |
Chapter 39 - Are Are Creek and Kaituna Valley (518 Kb) |
| Chapter 40 - Havelock Aquifer and Kaituna River (485 Kb) |
| Chapter 41 - Linkwater Aquifer (1,167 Kb) |
| Chapter 42 - Tuamarina River Valley and Picton (453 Kb) |
Chapter 43 - Into the Future, Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Units (56 Kb) |