Policy 16-2: Consideration of alternative water^ sources When making decisions on consent applications to take surface water^, the opportunity to utilise alternative sources such as groundwater, water^ storage, water^ harvesting (including during periods of high flow in a river^) and the recycling of water^ must be considered. Policy 16-3: Consent decision-making for diversions and drainage
When making decisions on resource consent^ applications, and setting consent conditions^, for the diversion of water^, including diversions associated with drainage, the Regional Council^ must:
Policy 16-4: Bore* construction and management
Policy 16-5: Effects of groundwater takes on other groundwater takes
Policy 16-6: Effects of groundwater takes on surface water bodies^
The effects of groundwater takes on surface water bodies^, including wetlands^, must be managed in the following manner:
Table 16.1 Surface water^ depletion
Policy 16-7: Saltwater intrusion
Saltwater intrusion along the coastal margins of the Region arising from groundwater takes must be managed by the following measures:
Policy 16-8: Monitoring requirements of consent holders
Water^ takes must generally be subject to the following monitoring requirements:
Policy 16-9: Transfer of water permits^
On the application of any consent holder, the transfer of a permit to take water^ will generally be approved in terms of s136(2)(b)(ii) of the RMA, providing: