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NZ water problems \parencite{cullen}:
- water management through regional councils:
- regional policy statements + regional plans
- unless authorised by plan discharges require resource consents
impact of agriculture on water:
- primary source of non-point discharges
- application of fertiliser and pesticides
- discharges from the soil and animals
- materials move into surface and groundwater at higher rates than usual
monitoring / significance implications:
- lack of reliable data against which to draw conclusions for key parameters in all regions
- lack of approved plans relating to water in some regions
- require councils to set realistic goals and objectives; difficult
because has to reconcile urban recreational and environmental
requirements with rural economic demands
- too little policy direction from central government
- even without these plans, councils must process resource consent applications
- lack of monitoring and enforcement
- low compliance
- impossible to determine the efficacy of management practices
- limited knowledge on how to best deal with non-point source discharges
- little knowledge about what the community wants and expects wrt water management
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