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.
Develop a collaborative water security management plan, review the current water allocation system and address water over-allocation.
Improve freshwater quality by reducing nutrient loss, restoring habitats and managing land use to keep waterways healthy.
Safeguard sustainable and reliable access to quality freshwater.
Explore better water storage options to avoid droughts.
Improve allocation of water for food production.
Work within the parameters of joint management agreements with iwi relating to the Waikato River catchment.
Spend limited money where the most gains can be made and avoid making perfect the enemy of good by insisting all waterways must be pristine.
Develop region-wide water storage capabilities for irrigation during low rainfall periods.
Encourage farmers to continue their riparian planting.
Ensure collective management of freshwater resources well into the future by progressing the water security strategy.
Incentivise effective support mechanisms to achieve land use changes and implement new freshwater rules, including Plan Change 1 and farm planning.
Set up effective collective governance, including key funding organisations, to facilitate large-scale ecosystem regeneration.
Provide advice and incentives in priority catchments for erosion prevention and mitigation, retire riparian margins and natural areas.
Reduce physical, chemical and biological contaminants in rivers in the region and safeguard access to quality freshwater for communities.
Work with landowners to protect catchments, develop plans to improve health and wellbeing of freshwater, and report status and changes over time.
Work more closely with community led catchment groups to achieve modern integrated catchment management.
Work more effectively with iwi joint management agreement partners to improve the water quality and health of catchments.
Develop incentives and credits to encourage riparian planting and marginal land retirement to improve water quality and catchment health.
Develop a collaborative water security management plan, review the current water allocation system and address water over-allocation.
Improve freshwater quality by reducing nutrient loss, restoring habitats and managing land use to keep waterways healthy.
Safeguard sustainable and reliable access to quality freshwater.
Explore better water storage options to avoid droughts.
Improve allocation of water for food production.
Work within the parameters of joint management agreements with iwi relating to the Waikato River catchment.
Spend limited money where the most gains can be made and avoid making perfect the enemy of good by insisting all waterways must be pristine.
Develop region-wide water storage capabilities for irrigation during low rainfall periods.
Encourage farmers to continue their riparian planting.
Ensure collective management of freshwater resources well into the future by progressing the water security strategy.
Incentivise effective support mechanisms to achieve land use changes and implement new freshwater rules, including Plan Change 1 and farm planning.
Set up effective collective governance, including key funding organisations, to facilitate large-scale ecosystem regeneration.
Provide advice and incentives in priority catchments for erosion prevention and mitigation, retire riparian margins and natural areas.
Reduce physical, chemical and biological contaminants in rivers in the region and safeguard access to quality freshwater for communities.
Work with landowners to protect catchments, develop plans to improve health and wellbeing of freshwater, and report status and changes over time.
Work more closely with community led catchment groups to achieve modern integrated catchment management.
Work more effectively with iwi joint management agreement partners to improve the water quality and health of catchments.
Develop incentives and credits to encourage riparian planting and marginal land retirement to improve water quality and catchment health.
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