Nelson City 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.
Continue to enhance and monitor water quality in our local streams, rivers and other waterways, by engaging with iwi and other partners.
Ensure the quality of council owned waterways receive the funding to improve/repair following from 2022 floods.
Encourage extensive plantings along all water sheds to form natural waterways that are shady and protected from erosion and pollution.
Encourage people to have rain water tanks to store water for irrigating gardens. Plant more trees so the ground does not dry out quickly.
All watersheds should be fenced wherever possible so that domestic animals do not damage native plantings or pollute the waterways.
Advocate for urgent action to make our waterways safe to swim in again and enable our freshwater species to flourish again.
Aim for continued protection of taonga wai to promote mana whānau, cultural, economic, wairua and our environmental resources.
Amplify freshwater quantity and flow through continuous best practice management improvement, encouraging and supporting reduction in costs.
Aim to continuously monitor best practice with all discharges that impact on water quality and quantity.
Continue to enhance and monitor water quality in our local streams, rivers and other waterways, by engaging with iwi and other partners.
Ensure the quality of council owned waterways receive the funding to improve/repair following from 2022 floods.
Encourage extensive plantings along all water sheds to form natural waterways that are shady and protected from erosion and pollution.
Encourage people to have rain water tanks to store water for irrigating gardens. Plant more trees so the ground does not dry out quickly.
All watersheds should be fenced wherever possible so that domestic animals do not damage native plantings or pollute the waterways.
Advocate for urgent action to make our waterways safe to swim in again and enable our freshwater species to flourish again.
Aim for continued protection of taonga wai to promote mana whānau, cultural, economic, wairua and our environmental resources.
Amplify freshwater quantity and flow through continuous best practice management improvement, encouraging and supporting reduction in costs.
Aim to continuously monitor best practice with all discharges that impact on water quality and quantity.
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