Did you know the stormwater drains you see on the side of the road lead directly into our rivers, streams and the ocean? Many people assume that whatever travels down these drains gets treated
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/dont-let-our-waterways-go-down-the-drainA dairy farmer has been fined $35,000 after discharging a “substantial” amount of sediment-laden water into an Ashburton creek. Delos Dairies Limited recently pleaded guilty in the Environment Court...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/charges-laid-in-relation-to-dairy-farm-discharge-into-ashburton-waterCouncil has approved new rules that will streamline the consents process and strengthen restrictions on some activities, in order to improve water quality across significant parts of the region
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/council-approves-changes-that-simplify-rules-to-manage-water-qualityA fish ramp installed near Living Springs is helping schools of inanga/whitebait and banded kōkopu swim upstream to restored habitats. Before the reverse waterslide, fish were stopping their upwards
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/slip-and-slide-reverse-waterslide-at-allandale-stream-helps-fish-swim-upstreamPhoto credit: Nicki Murray A 43-hectare area of retired farmland in Blythe Valley has been permanently protected to support native biodiversity, reduce erosion, and improve water quality. With a new
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/qeii-covenant-helps-conserve-soil-and-protect-waterways-in-blythe-valleyThe decision was to grant with conditions consent to take and use groundwater for a community water supply at Vernon Drive, Lincoln.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2018/selwyn-district-councilFeature image: Chair Craig Pauling with Pukatea Dairy Farms partners John Spry, Pam Spry, Stuart Neill, and Roger Gaskell Over the past 20 years, Stuart Neill and the team at Pukatea Dairy Farm have
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/we-want-to-be-here-long-term-a-20-year-journey-towards-sustainable-dairy-farmingThe Hearing Panel granted the applications to undertake excavation works within the coastal marine area in order to create adequate hydraulic conditions to establish an artificial salt marsh
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2010/fowler-developments-limitedA day at Saltwater Creek in Waimakiriri District was an opportunity for local businesses, schools, catchment groups, water zone committee members, and our staff to connect, plant, and explore
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/saltwater-creek-becomes-outdoor-classroom-for-planting-dayThe decision was to grant, with conditions, a discharge permit to discharge treated wastewater; and a land use for a community wastewater treatment system – the Waikari Wastewater treatment plant
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2017/hurunui-district-council-2