Liz March 24th, 2009
Some info from Metrowater:
Metrowater manage the creek on behalf of Auckland City who own Meola and four other urban streams on the Auckland isthmus:
The Meola Creek catchment is predominantly under residential land use
with small area of light industry and commercial use, such as St Lukes
shopping centre.
Stormwater disposal via soakage to the underlying volcanic aquifer
occurs across much of the catchment. This recharges the aquifer, from
which groundwater discharges into Meola stream to the south of the
groundwater divide and, by virtue of the outflow from Western Springs,
into Motions Creek north of the divide. In the remainder of each
catchment stormwater is piped through the combined stormwater/wastewater
system from which wastewater overflows can occur during some events.
Meola Reef Reserve and land to the south of Meola Road between the two
creeks (Meola and Motions) was previously a landfill. Although the
landfill has been closed since the 1970′s, leachate discharges have
continued, leading to a current programme of landfill remediation.
Meola Creek has value as a public amenity and an aquatic ecosystem.
Consequently, knowledge of the water quality and the level of
contamination contributed by stormwater and wastewater inputs is
important for the management of the stream.
Metrowater and Auckland City Council have commissioned many studies to
establish baseline water quality conditions in multiple Auckland
Streams. The results of these studies can then be compared to future
monitoring results to identify the extent of any changes over time.
For extra info about Meola and water catchments in Auckland City:
The most comprehensive source was published in 2001: Auckland City Drainage System Resource Consents Assessment of Environmental Effects
http://www.metrowater.co.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/aee_contents.pdf
There are 14 separate chapters published on the web – by Metrowater… here is one
http://www.metrowater.co.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/aee_chpt07.pdf
You can search by chapters and there is an index – they are all similarly
named. Chapter 7 is in fact the biological environment – and chapter 8 is the assessment of environmental impacts. There are also more references.
Aspects of drainage and issues and the new Roy Clements Treeway Boardwalk Project
www.nzsses.auckland.ac.nz/conference/2008/papers/Clarke.pdf
A general introduction to Meola Creek which includes some stormwater
info…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meola_Creek
For general information on stormwater and understanding stormwater and
stormwater systems and issue visit the ARC website/page:
http://www.arc.govt.nz/environment/water/stormwater/stormwater_home.cfm
Other references
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Report
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Author
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Date
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Auckland City Drainage System Resource Consents Assessment of Environmental Effects
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Auckland City, Metrowater
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March 2001
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See wwwmetrowater.co.nz/environmental/aee.aspx
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Water Quality Monitoring Report. ICS Area 1: Integrated Catchment Study Stage 1D. Meola and Motions Creek
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Sinclair Knight Merz Ltd.
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Feb 2004
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Meola Stormwater Management Plan. Volume 5. Management Plan – Issue D
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City Design
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Sep 1997
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Meola Catchment Groundwater Soakage. Study Stage 2. Investigations
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City Design
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May 1998
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Meola Integrated Catchment Management Project. Phase 1 Report – Volume 1. May 2000 DRAFT
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Sinclair Knight Merz
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May 2000
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Meola Reef and Associated Reserves. Draft Management Plan
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City Design
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2000
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Meola Integrated Catchment Management Project. Phase 2 Report – Remedial Options
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Sinclair Knight Merz
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Feb 2002
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