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.
Committed to freshwater abundance and quality, and not accepting water take consents, new or old, in fully allocated water zones.
Committed to the phasing out of fresh water bottling consents – to zero tolerance.
Create a coastal water zone committee for the first time.
No to Three Waters.
My priority is fixing public transport, this is my specialty.
Allow existing local authority's legislation to work and ensure strong auditing functions are conducted regularly.
Understand risks associated with water retention during large volume fluctuations resulting from climate change.
Implement the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management within the regional council's planning framework.
Reduce nitrate levels in rural drinking water supplies to a healthy level.
Aim for all rivers in the Canterbury region to be able to be swum in.
Stop water consents within over allocated catchments, where the primary allocation activity changes.
Support the increase of river bed capacity for Canterburys braided rivers by extraction and shifting stopbanks away from the main flow.
Establish regional parks on Canterbury's largest braided rivers with established policy and practice.
Committed to freshwater abundance and quality, and not accepting water take consents, new or old, in fully allocated water zones.
Committed to the phasing out of fresh water bottling consents – to zero tolerance.
Create a coastal water zone committee for the first time.
No to Three Waters.
My priority is fixing public transport, this is my specialty.
Allow existing local authority's legislation to work and ensure strong auditing functions are conducted regularly.
Understand risks associated with water retention during large volume fluctuations resulting from climate change.
Implement the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management within the regional council's planning framework.
Reduce nitrate levels in rural drinking water supplies to a healthy level.
Aim for all rivers in the Canterbury region to be able to be swum in.
Stop water consents within over allocated catchments, where the primary allocation activity changes.
Support the increase of river bed capacity for Canterburys braided rivers by extraction and shifting stopbanks away from the main flow.
Establish regional parks on Canterbury's largest braided rivers with established policy and practice.
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