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How can I become a Civil Defence volunteer? To find out more about becoming a CDEM volunteer in your community, please contact the CDEM officer/manager for your community. You can find the contacts on the Canterbury Civil D ...
How do I prepare for natural hazards? Your household needs to be able to be self sufficient for at least three days in an emergency. This includes having at least 9 litres of water and 3 days' worth of food for each ...
I am building within 100m to a stopbank and have been told by the District Council I need a resource consent. The 100m building setback from a stopbank is a District Council requirement. In this situation a resource consent is required from the District Council, however as part of the res ...
I discovered a leaking watermain/irrigation pipe. Who deals with it? If the leak is from a water main you will need to call your District Council to report the leak.If the leak is from an irrigation pipe you can call Environment Canterbury who can ...
Is Meridian planning on releasing water from a dam anytime soon? Meridian sends status reports to the Environment Canterbury flood controller about when they plan to release water. ...
What can be done to reduce the chance of liquefaction? There are two main ways to reduce the effects of liquefaction – by improving the ground condition or by specific foundation design. There are various methods available to reduce ...
What does the note from Christchurch City Council on my LIM about liquefaction mean? The note about liquefaction is about a study the Christchurch City Council has undertaken in the Christchurch metropolitan area, looking at known soil types and other available da ...
What is liquefaction? Liquefaction (pronounced “lick-we-fack-shin”) happens during earthquakes.The ground shaking that occurs during an earthquake can cause some soils to liquefy. This means during an ...
What kind of information does Environment Canterbury hold on erosion? Land erosion takes three main forms: River and stream bank erosion Environment Canterbury does not hold records of present erosion or erosion risk at an individual property ...
What kind of natural hazards do I have to be aware of in Canterbury? Canterbury is vulnerable to many natural hazards including flooding, earthquakes, tsunamis, coastal erosion, landslides, drought, heavy snow, strong winds. Most of these hazards ...
What sort of information is available on earthquakes in the Canterbury region? Please refer to the Environment Canterbury website (see link below). ...
Who do I report vegetation clearance to? You can call Environment Canterbury who can check that the owner of the property is meeting the conditions of their resource consent if they have one. If they are not meeting the ...

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