Waikato 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.
Improving water quality.
Enhance water conservation.
Ensure equitable water allocation.
Manage our water resources effectively and efficiently.
Restore and protect our waterways.
Develop a water efficiency and security strategy for the region to respect water more and adapt to climate change by mid 2023.
Establish effective support mechanisms for engaging land-owners to achieve land-use change, eg riparian planting and wetland restoration.
Implement the Essential Freshwater reforms as directed by government in a practical manner to achieve outcomes (not just outputs).
Reduce the current Waikato river clean-up timeline from the planned 2096 to something that will benefit current Waikato residents.
Get the Waikato river in a condition that we can swim in it and drink from it.
Review the permitted land uses adjacent to the river and approvable resource consent conditions, to speed up the clean-up of the river.
Improving water quality.
Enhance water conservation.
Ensure equitable water allocation.
Manage our water resources effectively and efficiently.
Restore and protect our waterways.
Develop a water efficiency and security strategy for the region to respect water more and adapt to climate change by mid 2023.
Establish effective support mechanisms for engaging land-owners to achieve land-use change, eg riparian planting and wetland restoration.
Implement the Essential Freshwater reforms as directed by government in a practical manner to achieve outcomes (not just outputs).
Reduce the current Waikato river clean-up timeline from the planned 2096 to something that will benefit current Waikato residents.
Get the Waikato river in a condition that we can swim in it and drink from it.
Review the permitted land uses adjacent to the river and approvable resource consent conditions, to speed up the clean-up of the river.
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