Want to know where's good to swim this summer? At the start of each season, we share long-term water quality grades for our region's popular rivers, lakes, and beaches. These grades are based on water sampling results from the past five summers. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/hello-summer-check-the-water-quality-grades-for-popular-sitesKuaka (godwits) are due to depart Canterbury for world’s longest migration, 11,000km non-stop. Will we be ready with a healthy habitat for them to return to? Over 1,500 kuaka (bar-tailed godwits...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/godwits-to-depart-canterbury-for-worlds-longest-migration... presented 16 water management recommendations to the Ashburton water zone committee. The committee is now working with Environment Canterbury, HDWP members and the wider community to implement...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/ashburton-water-zone/action-on-the-ground/the-hinds-drains-working-party-hdwpAfter working together to create a strategy, Our Waitarakao project partners and the community are now busy implementing it – one plant, one trap, and one beach clean-up at a time. Our Waitarakao...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/action-gets-underway-at-waitarakao.... Environment Canterbury has approved the Kakahu catchment-wide consent to install sediment traps to improve water quality and help protect populations of native fish and invertebrates. Key water quality...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/easier-process-for-installing-sediment-traps-to-protect-kakahu-river... implications for your business and the environment. Read on to learn how to improve productivity, protect water quality, and meet your regulatory obligations.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/farmers-hub/farming-practices/managing-animal-effluentThe decision of the joint hearing of the resource consents has been released. The Hearing Commissioners granted consent with conditions, relating to the storage of water; and the construction and maintenance of a water storage pond at the corner of Coxs Road and SH 73, Sheffield. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2016/central-plains-water-limitedThe decision of the Hearing Commissioners was to refuse the application to discharge nutrients to land in the Omihi Valley/Upper Waipara area.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2018/hurunui-water-project-limited..., Benmore and Aviemore. 📢 From 2026, new local leadership groups will replace the Water Zone Committees, building on their legacy of community collaboration.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/upper-waitaki-water-zoneThe Banks Peninsula water zone is made up of eroded volcanic domes that have been breached by the sea. Its catchments are short, steep and prone to flash flooding. The peninsula is reliant
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/banks-peninsula-water-zone