During summer, we regularly monitor the water quality at nearly 100 popular swim spots in Waitaha Canterbury. We check for faecal contamination and toxic algae (cyanobacteria). Find out more
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/swimming-water-qualityWater use efficiency must be addressed in the context of other CWMS targets because some actions that improve water use efficiency can be detrimental to energy efficiency and biodiversity protection
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/measuring-cwms-progress/water-use-efficiencyWaterbodies – springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, hāpua, and estuaries – are important ecological features in Waitaha Canterbury. Mapping where they can be found is crucial to protecting
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/farmers-hub/farming-around-rivers-and-streams/mapping-waitahacanterburys-waterbodiesWe monitor marine sites regularly over the summer to check for faecal indicator bacteria. Sites that we monitor are given a long-term grade prior to each summer season for suitability
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/health-warnings/marine-warningsWe're researching several categories of waste that affect Canterbury and have national relevance, including end-of-life tyres, coal tar, and treated timber.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/current-waste-issuesThe hearing panel granted consent to discharge oxidation pond effluent to land at or about map reference I40:103-047 at a maximum rate of 15 litres per second, but usually at a mean rate of 2.5 litres...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/notified-decisions/2010/waitaki-district-councilWallabies are a national pest problem that needs collective efforts to solve. Find out more about this pest animal and the damage it causes.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biosecurity/national-programmes/wallaby-control/why-wallabies-are-a-pestUpper Waitaki Resource Consent Applications – Upstream of Waitaki DamThe Upper Waitaki hearing to hear and decide 110 resource consent applications in the Waitaki Catchment (upstream of Waitaki Dam
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/notifications-and-submissions/waitaki-consent-projects-2William Thomas — Ashburton water zone committee Chair When the Ashburton water zone committee met in late July, there was a lot to discuss after a busy few months. The flooding that followed
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/a-plan-for-actionThe Upper Waitaki catchment is the most distinctive and largest of New Zealand’s high inland basins, almost completely derived from glacial activity with features ranging from alpine ice fields
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/upper-waitaki-water-zone