Sedimentation rates for the Waikanae Estuary over the past 10 years show a strong trend of deposition, a relatively consistent elevated sediment mud content, and a moderately shallow nutrient enrichment depth. The upper estuary remains under pressure from sediment related impacts associated with poor water clarity and muddy intertidal substrates.
Stevens LM 2020. Hutt Estuary: 2019/2020 Intertidal
Sediment Monitoring Summary. Salt Ecology Report 056. Prepared for Greater Wellington Regional Council by Leigh Stevens, November 2020.