Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality, Volume 3, Primary Industries - Rationale and Background Information
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The Water Quality Guidelines can be used at the broad level to assist in defining water quality objectives for catchments in which irrigation use is prevalent. They can also help individual irrigators assess the suitability of water for their uses, and possible mitigation measures to reduce any impacts.
In Australia, in particular, both the irrigation and livestock industries rely heavily on groundwater in addition to surface water. Groundwater is also an important source of stock water in parts of New Zealand. Thus the guidelines provided in the Water Quality Guidelines for these industries are applicable (where appropriate) to both surface water and groundwater quality.
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