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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Many resource consents contain a condition limiting the taking of water when a river or waterway is on restriction</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A residual flow applies to specific consents that take water from a tributary of a main river. A residual flow recognises that a tributary stream often has different flow characteristics from the main river stem. It is set at the point of take on a case-by-case basis, to provide for the aquatic ecosystems and natural character of the source water body.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Intended Use</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The residual flow sites layer is intended to show the location of the monitoring sites associated with maintaining residual flows.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Attribute Information</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Monitoring Site information</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>SiteID – Unique identification number for this site in Environment Canterbury database systems</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Waterway – name of the water feature that this site relates to for residual flow purposes</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Location – name for the location that the monitoring is undertaken</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>RestrictionType – type of restriction (in this case Residual Flow restriction) that this site is used for monitoring.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>ReferenceSystem – Environment Canterbury data management system that the monitoring site information is being managed within.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>ReferenceNo – Internal ID for this site within the listed reference data management system</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>SiteAccount – Internal account for monitoring site.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>GroupAccount – Monitoring group.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>QARCode – Quality assurance code that describes the spatial accuracy of the site information. 1 = Differential GPS (advanced) or Geodetic Land Survey (1 - 2m); 2 = Standard handheld GPS (2 - 15m); 3 = Site visit (10 - 50m); 4 = Old Grid reference ±100m, no location sketch, or location not checked (50 - 300m); 5 = Proposed Location, should be within 50m (< 50m)</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Altitude – Approximate altitude of the monitoring site (above mean sea level) relative to the datum listed in the AltitudeDatum field. Values where the data is missing or displays 0 represent sites where that information is not available.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>AltitudeDatum – The vertical datum that the listed altitude value was recorded using. See </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.linz.govt.nz/data/geodetic-system/datums-projections-and-heights/vertical-datums" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.linz.govt.nz/data/geodetic-system/datums-projections-and-heights/vertical-datums</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> for more information about the vertical datums commonly used in New Zealand.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>IsActive – Current status on whether a site is being used for residual flow monitoring. Records with this value set to No are not currently part of residual flow monitoring for consents.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>CatchmentNo – unique identification number for the hydrological catchment that the monitoring site lies within. See </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://opendata.canterburymaps.govt.nz/datasets/catchment-boundaries/explore" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://opendata.canterburymaps.govt.nz/datasets/catchment-boundaries/explore</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> for more details.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>CatchmentDesc – name used for hydrological catchment that the monitoring site lies within. Typically this is the name of water body that that the catchment area represents.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>GIS Attributes</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Spatial IDs: OBJECTID</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Spatial Fields: SHAPE, NZTMX & NZTMY – Approximate location of monitoring site in New Zealand Transverse Mercator coordinates</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI STYLE="margin:0 0 0 48;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN>LowFlowSource – Environment Canterbury data management system that the low flow site information is being managed within.</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV> |