Horizons 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.
Ensure council monitors and supports initiatives to improve and maintain freshwater quality to acceptable standards.
Ensure council works actively with iwi and irrigation users to identify and maintain appropriate levels of irrigation.
Ensure council develops programmes to support freshwater quantity and flow to support biodiversity targets.
Remove barriers to fish passage, especially to important rivers and wetlands.
Encourage habitat improvement along rivers and around wetlands.
Ensure existing policies around minimum flows and water quality are enforced in an adequate but fair manner.
Continue and improve up to date reporting the great swimming opportunities in our region's rivers during the summer swimming season.
Ensure the public are well informed when it's unsafe for swimming in the regions rivers such as around large rainfall events.
Fencing and planting (where practicable) around the region's rivers and streams continue to be encouraged.
Ensure council monitors and supports initiatives to improve and maintain freshwater quality to acceptable standards.
Ensure council works actively with iwi and irrigation users to identify and maintain appropriate levels of irrigation.
Ensure council develops programmes to support freshwater quantity and flow to support biodiversity targets.
Remove barriers to fish passage, especially to important rivers and wetlands.
Encourage habitat improvement along rivers and around wetlands.
Ensure existing policies around minimum flows and water quality are enforced in an adequate but fair manner.
Continue and improve up to date reporting the great swimming opportunities in our region's rivers during the summer swimming season.
Ensure the public are well informed when it's unsafe for swimming in the regions rivers such as around large rainfall events.
Fencing and planting (where practicable) around the region's rivers and streams continue to be encouraged.
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