Hawke's Bay Regional Council
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.
Support initiatives that improve security of supply for all water users including storage, global consents, transfers, recharge or other methods.
Ensure all waterways adopt a maintain or improve water quality objective in a reasonable timeframe.
Develop a simple consenting process that enables a fast, cost effective mechanism allowing transfer or sharing of allocated volume.
Protect aquifers from depletion and contamination through firm policy, monitoring and sustainable land use planning.
Develop sustainable water storage to meet future demand, support primary production and maintain river health year-round.
Restore river and stream health through catchment-wide action, improved flows and partnerships with mana whenua and community.
Support initiatives that improve security of supply for all water users including storage, global consents, transfers, recharge or other methods.
Ensure all waterways adopt a maintain or improve water quality objective in a reasonable timeframe.
Develop a simple consenting process that enables a fast, cost effective mechanism allowing transfer or sharing of allocated volume.
Protect aquifers from depletion and contamination through firm policy, monitoring and sustainable land use planning.
Develop sustainable water storage to meet future demand, support primary production and maintain river health year-round.
Restore river and stream health through catchment-wide action, improved flows and partnerships with mana whenua and community.
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