Otago 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.
Address issues of climate change by looking at storage for economic and environmental flow resilience.
Continue and increase monitoring of freshwater, prioritise where there is degradation and work with the community to find solutions.
Start addressing improvements in urban freshwater quality by working with territorial authorities and communities.
End one-size-fits-all freshwater rules that ignore local conditions and punish good farmers along with the bad.
Stop blanket flow restrictions that undermine food production and instead target actual problem areas with fair, science-based solutions.
Support community catchment groups who are already leading practical, low-cost solutions for water quality.
Continue financial and technical support of the catchment group network in Otago.
Shift the emphasis of freshwater management to a non-regulatory approach such as farm environment plans supported with a regulatory backstop.
Detailed policies on issues of relevance to the Otago region can be viewed at: www.visionotago.nz.
Address issues of climate change by looking at storage for economic and environmental flow resilience.
Continue and increase monitoring of freshwater, prioritise where there is degradation and work with the community to find solutions.
Start addressing improvements in urban freshwater quality by working with territorial authorities and communities.
End one-size-fits-all freshwater rules that ignore local conditions and punish good farmers along with the bad.
Stop blanket flow restrictions that undermine food production and instead target actual problem areas with fair, science-based solutions.
Support community catchment groups who are already leading practical, low-cost solutions for water quality.
Continue financial and technical support of the catchment group network in Otago.
Shift the emphasis of freshwater management to a non-regulatory approach such as farm environment plans supported with a regulatory backstop.
Detailed policies on issues of relevance to the Otago region can be viewed at: www.visionotago.nz.
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