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.
Advocate strongly to government to ensure that national policy directives are flexible enough to enable local solutions to local issues.
Advocate for a new approach to the Resource Management Act freshwater allocation rules. The current first in first served approach is no longer fit for purpose.
Promote understanding of the impacts of climate change on water availability, and assist the community to adapt to reduced availability.
Provide communities with up to date data on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website regarding the state of freshwater bodies, and adopting new measurement technology.
Develop council policy to enable water storage solutions to enable resilience to both farming and communities in droughts and low flows.
Develop, in concert with the agriculture sector, effective farm plan solutions to reduce freshwater contaminants.
Assist with riparian planting of waterways and monitoring of water quality.
Advocate to end aerial 1080 poisoning operations that discharge the poison directly to water. Our water must not be contaminated by poisons.
Support increased water testing for water intakes where the water is consumed by people. E-coli contamination needs improved monitoring.
Continue to assist farming with finding solutions for contaminate discharges. I do not support penalising farmers trying to do their best.
Advocate strongly to government to ensure that national policy directives are flexible enough to enable local solutions to local issues.
Advocate for a new approach to the Resource Management Act freshwater allocation rules. The current first in first served approach is no longer fit for purpose.
Promote understanding of the impacts of climate change on water availability, and assist the community to adapt to reduced availability.
Provide communities with up to date data on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website regarding the state of freshwater bodies, and adopting new measurement technology.
Develop council policy to enable water storage solutions to enable resilience to both farming and communities in droughts and low flows.
Develop, in concert with the agriculture sector, effective farm plan solutions to reduce freshwater contaminants.
Assist with riparian planting of waterways and monitoring of water quality.
Advocate to end aerial 1080 poisoning operations that discharge the poison directly to water. Our water must not be contaminated by poisons.
Support increased water testing for water intakes where the water is consumed by people. E-coli contamination needs improved monitoring.
Continue to assist farming with finding solutions for contaminate discharges. I do not support penalising farmers trying to do their best.
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