How clean is Lake Taupo?
Find out how clean Lake Taupo is for swimming and for plants and animals to live in.
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Water quality for swimming
Environment Waikato measures bacteria levels in the water at 18 sites around the edge of Lake Taupo. E. coli bacteria is a useful indicator of the health risk for contact recreation such as swimming or water skiing.
Click to see our most current results for each of these sites around Lake Taupo’s edge. Each site page also contains a comparison of all sites.
Water quality for ecological health
Environment Waikato measures chlorophyll a, Secchi depth, total phosphorus and total nitrogen at the deep water sampling site to monitor the whole lake’s water quality long-term. Find out more about these long term trends in Lake Taupo’s open water quality.
Our Glossary explains the importance of these water quality measures.
More information
For more information about Lake Taupo check out our factsheets:
You can also find out more about Lake Taupo's water quality in our indicator.