Press Release – NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers by Dr Peter Trolove NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers NZFFA is appalled that the largest and best resourced regional council in New Zealand should propose rate increases of 24% or 18% to meet its obligations …
by Dr Peter Trolove
NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers
The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers NZFFA is appalled that the largest and best resourced regional council in New Zealand should propose rate increases of 24% or 18% to meet its obligations under the August 2020 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.
Over the past two decades, Ecan’s management of the region’s freshwater could best be described as “active mismanagement”. Ecan facilitated the region’s massive irrigation development in order to increase GDP while disregarding the nitrate pollution they knew would inevitably occur.
Press Release – NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers by Dr Peter Trolove NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers NZFFA is appalled that the largest and best resourced regional council in New Zealand should propose rate increases of 24% or 18% to meet its obligations …
by Dr Peter Trolove
NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers
The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers NZFFA is appalled that the largest and best resourced regional council in New Zealand should propose rate increases of 24% or 18% to meet its obligations under the August 2020 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.
Over the past two decades, Ecan’s management of the region’s freshwater could best be described as “active mismanagement”. Ecan facilitated the region’s massive irrigation development in order to increase GDP while disregarding the nitrate pollution they knew would inevitably occur.
Opinion – Dr Peter Trolove In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies …
In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N
In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council, (Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through managing land use.
In
New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in
drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are
considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months
old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council,
(Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s
freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through
managing land use.
Ecan has delegated this
responsibility to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy,
(CWMS), with its 10 Water Zone Committees created primarily
to oversee freshwater management for the purpose of
increasing the scale and efficiency of irrigation in the
region.
Over a Million Cows
Massive irrigation
development in Canterbury has seen dairy cow numbers rise