Mayor of Tasman
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.
Encourage the efficient use of irrigated water.
Ensure septic water failures into local water by council systems cease.
Ensure the policy of retiring unused or underutilised water consents.
Daylight streams and add open spaces, rain gardens and street trees to protect water quality and manage urban stormwater.
Encourage wetland restoration as natural filters that improve water quality and provide vital, tangible flood protection.
Protect the integrity of Te Waihōpūpū Springs and its aquifer from pollution, including from farming and mining impacts.
Encourage the efficient use of irrigated water.
Ensure septic water failures into local water by council systems cease.
Ensure the policy of retiring unused or underutilised water consents.
Daylight streams and add open spaces, rain gardens and street trees to protect water quality and manage urban stormwater.
Encourage wetland restoration as natural filters that improve water quality and provide vital, tangible flood protection.
Protect the integrity of Te Waihōpūpū Springs and its aquifer from pollution, including from farming and mining impacts.
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