Appendix J - Water Quality Classifications Appendix J Water Quality Classifications Resource Water Quality Classification (blank if just underlying classification) WAIRAU CATCHMENT Surface Water All surface waters (underlying classification) F - managed for fishery purposes (primary objective being safe consumption of fish) Tuamarina River Other lower Wairau northern tributaries (Top FS - managed for fish spawning Valley Stream to sea) (includes Pukaka Stream) Wairau northern tributaries above Top Valley NS - managed in its natural state (catchments within Stream (includes Lake Chalice and Goulter River) Conservation Estate) FS - managed for fish spawning AE - managed for aquatic ecosystem purposes Wairau Diversion FS - managed for fish spawning (from mouth to confluence of Pukaka Drain only) Lower Wairau River (SH1 to sea) CR - managed for contact recreation purposes FS - managed for fish spawning Middle Reaches Wairau River (SH1 to Wash Bridge) CR - managed for contact recreation purposes FS - managed for fish spawning Upper Wairau River (source to Wash Bridge FS - managed for fish spawning including tributaries) AE - managed for aquatic ecosystem purposes Upper Wairau southern tributaries AE - managed for aquatic ecosystem purposes (Branch/Leatham Rivers to Marchburn River) FS - managed for fish spawning CR managed for contact recreation purposes Waihopai River CR - managed for contact recreation purposes Upper Opawa (upstream of Hammerichs Rd including tributaries) Middle Opawa River (from SH1 to Hammerichs Rd) CR - managed for contact recreation purposes FS - managed for fish spawning Lower Opawa River FS - managed for fish spawning Upper Taylor River (upstream of Taylor Dam) Lower Taylor River (including Taylor Dam and AE - managed for aquatic ecosystem purposes Doctors Ck, Fultons Creek and Murphys Creek) CR - managed for contact recreation purposes Riverlands Industrial Estate Drain Co-op Drain Spring Creek and catchment A - managed for aesthetic purposes AE - managed for aquatic ecosystem purposes App J - 1