Two million people drink water from the Waikato. But the river is degrading as pollution and invasive clams spread faster than monitoring protocols can detect.
- Adjunct Associate Professor in Freshwater Biogeochemistry, Lincoln University, New Zealand
The invasion threatens more than water. Clams could foul dam intakes and reduce hydroelectric efficiency in a river that generates 13% of New Zealand’s power.
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