Environment Canterbury
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
Have tight controls on nutrient limits around rivers and lakes to minimise excessive nutrient enrichment and have restocking if required.
Ensure minimum flows in all rivers to avoid adverse impacts on aquatic life.
Increase the extent of freshwater wetlands in lowland areas to act as water storage to mitigate adverse weather events.
Protect Christchurch's aquifers and safeguard Christchurch's drinking water.
Lower nutrient limits.
Campaign to work with land owners to reduce inputs.
Develop a formal policy to actively claw back unused water take in over-allocated catchments.
Encourage a move to overwintering and overnight barns for dairy herds to control nitrate leaching and capture methane.
Use recently described methods to determine if nitrate pollution in the Waikirikiri and Selwyn is from recent or past land use and act on findings.
Have tight controls on nutrient limits around rivers and lakes to minimise excessive nutrient enrichment and have restocking if required.
Ensure minimum flows in all rivers to avoid adverse impacts on aquatic life.
Increase the extent of freshwater wetlands in lowland areas to act as water storage to mitigate adverse weather events.
Protect Christchurch's aquifers and safeguard Christchurch's drinking water.
Lower nutrient limits.
Campaign to work with land owners to reduce inputs.
Develop a formal policy to actively claw back unused water take in over-allocated catchments.
Encourage a move to overwintering and overnight barns for dairy herds to control nitrate leaching and capture methane.
Use recently described methods to determine if nitrate pollution in the Waikirikiri and Selwyn is from recent or past land use and act on findings.
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