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.
Look after and improve riparian areas along waterways.
Continue to be mindful of practices and actively reduce and prevent nitrogen from agriculture and other activities entering streams.
Coordinate irrigation carefully with protection of natural flows as it is key to wealth production.
Protect essential flows of freshwater against development.
Use science to identify and restrict clear sources of fresh water pollution.
Develop catchment plans to ensure river health from mountains to the sea.
Ensure responsible land use practices to reduce erosion and sedimentation that harms wildlife in rivers.
Restore wetlands to improve water quality through filtering pollutants from freshwater.
Ensure flowing, clean, healthy water in streams and rivers for the survival of wild creatures and a healthy fauna and flora in Tasman Bay.
Protect flowing water as the lifeblood of all life and advise irrigating in the mornings or evenings when water will return to the aquifer of groundwater.
Require all local rivers and streams to be swimmable now rather than waiting until 2030.
Improve river health so local waterways are safe for swimming and recreation.
Protect water flows to sustain ecosystems and community needs year-round.
Reduce farm runoff to cut sediment and nutrient pollution in rivers and streams.
Look after and improve riparian areas along waterways.
Continue to be mindful of practices and actively reduce and prevent nitrogen from agriculture and other activities entering streams.
Coordinate irrigation carefully with protection of natural flows as it is key to wealth production.
Protect essential flows of freshwater against development.
Use science to identify and restrict clear sources of fresh water pollution.
Develop catchment plans to ensure river health from mountains to the sea.
Ensure responsible land use practices to reduce erosion and sedimentation that harms wildlife in rivers.
Restore wetlands to improve water quality through filtering pollutants from freshwater.
Ensure flowing, clean, healthy water in streams and rivers for the survival of wild creatures and a healthy fauna and flora in Tasman Bay.
Protect flowing water as the lifeblood of all life and advise irrigating in the mornings or evenings when water will return to the aquifer of groundwater.
Require all local rivers and streams to be swimmable now rather than waiting until 2030.
Improve river health so local waterways are safe for swimming and recreation.
Protect water flows to sustain ecosystems and community needs year-round.
Reduce farm runoff to cut sediment and nutrient pollution in rivers and streams.
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