Gisborne District 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.
Water is life. One of our most important assets. Do everything we can to protect in terms of sustainability, cleanliness and resilience.
Invest in technology in order to better utilise and be more efficient with water use. Look at better catchment of water, eg water tanks.
Major focus on infrastructure so as no longer putting raw sewage into our awa. Acknowledge large investments in this area and continue.
Aim for fresh water to be fluoride free.
Aim for sewage to only overspill in extremely heavy rain conditions.
Stop any council initiatives that pump polluted wastewater into the natural water table.
Work collectively and collaboratively with landowners and mana whenua to implement water catchment plans for all major catchments by 2024.
Stop treated wastewater discharge into Poverty Bay immediately.
Increase funding and bring forward the timeframes for renewing the city's AC reticulated water supply pipes so supply doesn't impact industry.
Promote the installation of water tanks for all new builds as a means of having an emergency supply of fresh drinking water, fire fighting.
Implementation of more severe penalties for breaching waterways with stock movements, and more stringent regulations on discharges.
Enforce the resource consents issued more actively at Port GIS and elsewhere and provide more precise and regular reporting on water quality
Work more alongside communities, iwi and central government agencies to achieve high quality freshwater.
Manage freshwater to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai.
Continue freshwater plans in a timely manner.
Aim for all local rivers to be swimmable by 2025.
Commit council to work with and be led by local iwi to improve freshwater quality of their awa.
Aim for council to restrict water use of agricultural businesses, and where applicable, encourage dry farming.
Commit to water storage.
Increase availability of irrigation water.
Integrate and have te mana o te wai as a central component of council's freshwater plans and policies.
Implement the Tairāwhiti fresh water plan and resource the various catchment and MOU agreements discussed as part of this plan.
Have a sound and robust water allocation plan.
Committed to river and stream-bank management and plantings, fencing off from farming activities and denoting constituents as 'owning' awa.
Strongly policing activities which threaten catchments, and enforcing remedial action to counter breaches.
Committed to encouraging and controlling public access, especially recreational use as appropriate.
Aim for all local rivers to have a strategy that returns the mana and mauri o te wai.
Commit to working with local hapū around the freshwater quality and give opportunities for more involvement in council decisions.
Commit council to quality control on water allocations and ensure equity of allocation.
Collaborate with all user groups to work to improve the water quality of our water network.
Encourage the establishment of water storage capacity throughout the region to spread the load.
Continue the wastewater system upgrades and the DrainWise program to cease ocean release of contaminants.
Water is life. One of our most important assets. Do everything we can to protect in terms of sustainability, cleanliness and resilience.
Invest in technology in order to better utilise and be more efficient with water use. Look at better catchment of water, eg water tanks.
Major focus on infrastructure so as no longer putting raw sewage into our awa. Acknowledge large investments in this area and continue.
Aim for fresh water to be fluoride free.
Aim for sewage to only overspill in extremely heavy rain conditions.
Stop any council initiatives that pump polluted wastewater into the natural water table.
Work collectively and collaboratively with landowners and mana whenua to implement water catchment plans for all major catchments by 2024.
Stop treated wastewater discharge into Poverty Bay immediately.
Increase funding and bring forward the timeframes for renewing the city's AC reticulated water supply pipes so supply doesn't impact industry.
Promote the installation of water tanks for all new builds as a means of having an emergency supply of fresh drinking water, fire fighting.
Implementation of more severe penalties for breaching waterways with stock movements, and more stringent regulations on discharges.
Enforce the resource consents issued more actively at Port GIS and elsewhere and provide more precise and regular reporting on water quality
Work more alongside communities, iwi and central government agencies to achieve high quality freshwater.
Manage freshwater to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai.
Continue freshwater plans in a timely manner.
Aim for all local rivers to be swimmable by 2025.
Commit council to work with and be led by local iwi to improve freshwater quality of their awa.
Aim for council to restrict water use of agricultural businesses, and where applicable, encourage dry farming.
Commit to water storage.
Increase availability of irrigation water.
Integrate and have te mana o te wai as a central component of council's freshwater plans and policies.
Implement the Tairāwhiti fresh water plan and resource the various catchment and MOU agreements discussed as part of this plan.
Have a sound and robust water allocation plan.
Committed to river and stream-bank management and plantings, fencing off from farming activities and denoting constituents as 'owning' awa.
Strongly policing activities which threaten catchments, and enforcing remedial action to counter breaches.
Committed to encouraging and controlling public access, especially recreational use as appropriate.
Aim for all local rivers to have a strategy that returns the mana and mauri o te wai.
Commit to working with local hapū around the freshwater quality and give opportunities for more involvement in council decisions.
Commit council to quality control on water allocations and ensure equity of allocation.
Collaborate with all user groups to work to improve the water quality of our water network.
Encourage the establishment of water storage capacity throughout the region to spread the load.
Continue the wastewater system upgrades and the DrainWise program to cease ocean release of contaminants.
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