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… (OTOP) Water Zone Committee to develop recommendations on how to manage the water resources in the zone.
At the workshop, community members were shown what impact different scenarios for water management would have on river water quality, the supply of irrigation for farming and the cultural and recreational importance of the waterways.
The scenarios looked at how better use can be made of the water that’s already in the zone by, for example, improving on-farm management practices, and what w…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/healthy-catchments-workshop-seeks-community-feedback-on-water-management/
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… Mrs C D & L A Galloway
Address for service: 1982 Ashburton Staveley Road, RD1, Ashburton 7771
CRC200269 (review of consent CRC952441) – to take and use water at a rate of up to 240 litres per second from the North Branch Ashburton River for the irrigation of up to 150 hectares at Ashburton Staveley Road, Ashburton.
The Canterbury Regional Council issued a notice of review to the consent holder in July 2019, under section 128(1)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991, to insert a new minim…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-consents/mr-d-c-and-mrs-l-a-galloway/
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Members of the OTOP Water Zone Committee made the most of the last days of summer to get native plants in the ground at the Taniwha Gully rock art site.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/restoration-of-rock-art-site-continues/
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Bruce Murphy was recently elected Chair of the Lower Waitaki Water Zone Committee. Read on as he describes what's been going on in the zone.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/lower-waitaki/new-lower-waitaki-chair-keen-to-continue-good-work/
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Simon Cameron, our Upper Waitaki Water Zone Committee Chair, talks about the progress made to address Lake Benmore water quality.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/ahuriri-arm-water-quality-still-a-focus-one-year-on/
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A Water Shortage Direction is in place for the Ōpihi River for 14 days from 15 October 2023.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/water-shortage-direction-for-opihi-river-and-tributaries-1-october-2023/
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Ashburton Water Zone Committee Chair William Thomas talks about his visit to Lake Clearwater and the challenge of preserving our high-country environment.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/from-the-hills-to-the-sea-and-between/
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… protect human health.
The Applicant has applied for the following resource consents from the Canterbury Regional Council:
CRC222635 - A water permit to take and use groundwater for quarrying operations, dust suppression, plant and water processing and irrigation of farm land
CRC241000 - A discharge permit to discharge contaminants to land from the processing and stockpiling of processed and raw aggregates, to discharge operational stormwater, to discharge water through cleanfill and for…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-consents/burnham-2020-limite/
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… farm campaign to ensure farmers understand and can implement these requirements.
“As well as regulatory measures, there are many non-regulatory actions that farmers are taking to make a difference to the environment such as stock management, precision irrigation, riparian planting, and restoration of wetlands.
“We often hear that nothing is being done. This is insulting to the many people in our communities, farmers and others, who are working hard to improve things,” Dr Rixecker said.
Chair…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/environment-canterbury-has-always-acknowledged-the-water-quality-problem/
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… as a result of resource consents CRC011237 (being the existing consented water extraction regime) and CRC170654 (the proposed additional Klondyke Storage Pond high flow water take) is available to be used for storage within the Klondyke Storage Pond, irrigation, stock water distribution and to generate electricity.
A further supplementary application is sought for the emergency discharge of water from the Klondyke Storage Pond, via the proposed sluice channel, in the low probability event of d…
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-consents/rangitata-diversion-race-management-ltd-klondyke/
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