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Lower Waitaki Zone Committee meeting

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 5:45PM

By Environment Canterbury

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CANTERBURY

The Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee will meet for its monthly public meeting on Thursday, 18 October, in Oamaru.

The committee will begin the meeting with a presentation from Environment Canterbury on the proposed changes to the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Regional Plan. The changes are intended to address allocation issues in the Lower Waitaki River.

A first draft will be provided to the Zone Committee to assess whether the content is in keeping with the recommendations made in its Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management.

The ZIP was endorsed by councils earlier this year as the basis for the design and realignment of council work and regional planning programmes for freshwater. It contains recommendations and actions that are ready to implement such as biodiversity and land use and water quality actions.

Next, the committee will discuss the process and timeline of the sub regional chapter for South Coastal Canterbury that will feed in to Environment Canterbury’s Land and Water Regional Plan.

The committee will finish the meeting with an update on water related consent activities in the zone from Environment Canterbury.

The Lower Waitaki-South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee operates as a joint committee of Environment Canterbury and the Waimate and Waitaki District Councils.

The zone extends from the Otaio catchment in the north, to the Waitaki Dam in the south, taking in Waimate, Kurow and Duntroon.

Meeting information:

Lower Waitaki – South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee meeting
1:30pm, Thursday, 20 September 2012
Oamaru Opera House (ODT Inkbox)

For a copy of the agenda see www.ecan.govt.nz/canterburywater prior to the meeting.