Regional Committee

Additional Info:

This message was updated at 1300 hours on Thursday 23 February 2012.

Moderate rain has been falling in the Waimakariri and Rakaia river catchments. Both rivers are still rising at their gorges. Expect these rivers to continue to rise throughout the day.

At this time ECan does not expect the rivers to rise to significant flood levels or for there to be any "out of river" flood problems. However, any recreationalists or contractors, using the riverbed itself, should remain wary of rising river levels.

Next update due: Friday 24 February.

Find out the latest meeting agendas and minutes, contact details, decisions and other information from the Regional Committee. The Regional Committee is a committee of the Canterbury Regional Council and includes representatives from Environment Canterbury, the territorial authorities, runanga and Ngai Tahu, as well as one member from each of the zone committees.

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Upcoming meetings

Monthly update and activities

Upcoming meetings

The Regional Committee meets each month. The next regional committee meeting:

Date	Time & Location	Agenda
Tuesday, 7 February 2012	3.00 p.m. Lincoln Event Centre, Baylis Lounge Meijer Drive Lincoln	Read the agenda (923 kB) Attachments: Agenda Item No: 8 Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity (379 kB) Agenda Item No: 10 Regional Infrastructure (374 kB)

Date

Time & Location

Agenda

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

3.00 p.m.
Lincoln Event Centre, Baylis Lounge
Meijer Drive
Lincoln

Read the agenda (923 kB)

Attachments:
Agenda Item No: 8 Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity (379 kB)

Agenda Item No: 10 Regional Infrastructure (374 kB)

Activities and actions

The Regional Zone Committee has been getting through a huge volume of work as committee members work to understand the key regional issues for water management in Canterbury.

The focus of the Regional Committee is currently on understanding the key water management issues and reviewing preliminary strategic assessments on the strategic options.

Delivering a draft Regional Implementation Plan is also a priotity. The regional committee has held collaborative workshop sessions so they can start developing key aspects of its RIP.

The committee has also been discussing the Rakaia Water Conservation Order, Trustpower's Lake Coleridge Proposal, as well as regional land use and water quality.