<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A national groundwater model (NWT) was used to estimate the probability of groundwater discharging to the surface and separated into classes to encompass the uncertainty of the dataset. </SPAN></P><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-weight:bold;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Groundwater discharge class</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-weight:bold;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Description</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR><TR><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>None</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The NWT model never encountered groundwater discharge</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /></TD></TR><TR><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN>1: </SPAN><SPAN>Low</SPAN></P></TD><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A low probability of groundwater discharge; the NWT model has encountered discharge a few times (lower than the 25</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>percentile).</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR><TR><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN>2: </SPAN><SPAN>Medium</SPAN></P></TD><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A medium probability of groundwater discharge; the NWT model has encountered discharge relatively often (in between 25</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> and 75</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>percentile).</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR><TR><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN>3: </SPAN><SPAN>High</SPAN></P></TD><TD><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:15 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A high probability of groundwater discharge; the model has encountered discharge very often (higher than 75</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>th </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>percentile)</SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Where reference to the data is to be included in a reference list the following citation is suggested: Westerhoff R, Dark A, Zammit C., Tschritter, C., Rawlinson, Z., 2019. New Zealand Groundwater Atlas: Groundwater Fluxes. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. Consultancy Report 2019/126.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Supplied to Ministry for the Environment by GNS Science in September 2019.
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Where reference to the data is to be included in a reference list the following citation is suggested: Westerhoff R, Dark A, Zammit C., Tschritter, C., Rawlinson, Z., 2019. New Zealand Groundwater Atlas: Groundwater Fluxes. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. Consultancy Report 2019/126.
