..., washing machines etc). Wastewater is generated in your house from kitchens, bathrooms and laundries. It is different to stormwater, which is rainfall collected in gutters from roofs and roads and usually...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/wastewater... in place to reduce the impact of a fire within that forest. Wilding pines provided fuel for the Pukaki fire, increasing its intensity. Prevention plansSince the fire, we have been working with Fire...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2021/work-continues-on-pukaki-wildfire-recovery-and-wilding-removal..., roads and then into our gutters. From here, it almost always flows untreated into our rivers and out to sea.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/christchurch-west-melton/could-your-business-be-a-stormwater-superhero... skills, and influence real decisions. The Environment Canterbury Youth Rōpū (EYR) is a group of rangatahi (young people) who are enthusiastic about advocating for the environment, civics education...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/join-the-environment-canterbury-youth-ropu-for-2026... the importance of early planning. It will help inform our work with communities to adapt public infrastructure and assets, such as roads, pipes and parks. Our initial adaptation planning is already well...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/new-study-sheds-light-on-sea-level-rise-in-christchurch..., there has been much talk about Canterbury’s freshwater quality, including nitrate. For some time now, Environment Canterbury has recognised the risk of increased levels of nitrate and has been working...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2019/environment-canterbury-focuses-on-outstanding-high-priority-consents... by staff working closely with the Ōrāri Temuka Ōpihi Pareora and Waimakariri water zone committees, and with input from the wider community, key changes include: setting more stringent freshwater outcomes...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/council-approves-changes-that-simplify-rules-to-manage-water-quality