The water in these lakes comes from deep aquifer's probably, the Matemateonga aquifer at 1km below. The water is forced up to the surface by the hydraulic action of the sea. This water has taken over 100 years to get here since it fell from the sky as rain.
Nowell’s Lakes are a feeding area for a significant number of native water birds including the ‘Acutely Threatened (Nationally Endangered)’ matuku/Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) and the ‘At Risk (Sparse)’ little black shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
In 2006 the Nowell’s Lakes Walkway project was awarded a Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Award. In the accompanying citation said that the Nowell’s Lakes walkway project provided a valuable resource for environmental education, as well as protecting and enhancing the natural habitat of the two lakes.
The Nowell’s Lakes lie partly on farmland owned by Fonterra and in 2003 the dairy giant fenced off about five hectares of the land so it could be developed as public access to the lakes. The native trees in the Walkway leading up to these lakes have been mostly been planted by school children
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