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Part 1: Regional Policy Statement
Chapter 1
Setting The Scene
Chapter 2
Te Ao Māori
Chapter 3
Infrastructure, Energy, Waste, Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land
Chapter 4
Land
Chapter 5
Water
5.1 Scope and Background
5.1.2 Overview
5.1.3 Water Quantity
5.1.4 Water Quality
5.1.5 Beds of Rivers and Lakes
5.2 Significant Resource Management Issues
5.3 Objectives
5.4 Policies
5.4.2 Water Quality
5.4.2.2 Groundwater Quality
5.4.2.3 Discharges^ and Land^ use Activities Affecting Water^ Quality
5.4.3 Water Quantity and Allocation
5.4.3.2 Policies for Surface Water
5.4.3.3 Policies for Bores* and Groundwater
5.4.4 Beds of Rivers and Lakes
5.5 Methods
5.6 Anticipated Environmental Results
5.7 Explanations and Principal Reasons
Chapter 6
Indigenous Biological Diversity, Landscape and Historic Heritage
Chapter 7
Air
Chapter 8
Coast
Chapter 9
Natural Hazards
Chapter 10
Administration
Part 2: Regional Plan
Part 3: Annexes
Glossary
Chapter 5: Water
5.4.3.2 Policies for Surface Water
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Policy 5-14
: Overall approach for surface
water^
allocation
The requirements of
water conservation orders^
must be given effect under this Plan.
Takes and flow regimes lawfully established for hydroelectricity generation as at 31 May 2007 must be provided for prior to implementing (c) and (d) below.
Core allocations of surface
water^
from rivers^ must be determined in accordance with
Policies 5-15
and
5-16
. Takes that comply with the relevant core allocation, when assessed in combination with all other takes, must be allowed.
Supplementary allocations of surface
water^
from
rivers^
must be determined in accordance with
Policy 5-17
.
Takes from
rivers^
must be apportioned, restricted or suspended when
river^
flows are at or below their minimum flows in accordance with the provisions of
Policy 5-18
.
Takes of
water^
from
lakes^
must comply with
Policy 5-19
.
Policy 5-15
: Core allocations and minimum flows
The taking of
water^
from
rivers^
must be managed in accordance with the minimum flows and cumulative core allocations set out in
Schedule C.
The minimum flows and cumulative core allocations set out in
Schedule C
must be set after providing for any takes and flow regimes lawfully established for hydroelectricity generation as at 31 May 2007.
Policy 5-16
: Approach to setting minimum flows and core allocations
Where good hydrological information, such as a specific
water^
resource study or a long-term flow record, is available it must be used to set minimum flows and core allocations in
Schedule C
.
Where information described in (a) above is not available, the minimum flows and core allocations set out in
Schedule C
must generally be a minimum flow equal to the estimated or calculated one-day mean annual low flow, and a core allocation equal to a percentage of the minimum as specified in
Schedule C
.
The setting of a revised minimum flow or core allocation that is an alternative to that set in
Schedule C
must occur through a plan change process.
Policy 5-17
: Supplementary
water^
allocation
In addition to the core allocations set out in
Policy 5-15
, a supplementary allocation from
rivers^
may be provided:
in circumstances where
water^
is only taken when the river^ flow is greater than the median flow, and the total amount of
water^
taken by way of a supplementary allocation does not exceed 10% of the actual flow in the
river^
at the time of abstraction, and
in circumstances where it can be shown that the supplementary allocation will not:
increase the frequency or duration of minimum flows
lead to a significant departure from the natural flow regime, including the magnitude of the median flow and the frequency of flushing flows
cause any adverse
effects^
that are more than minor on the
Schedule B
Values of the water
body^
or its
bed^
limit the ability of anyone to take
water^
under a core allocation
derogate from
water^
allocated to hydroelectricity generation.
Policy 5-18
: Apportioning, restricting and suspending takes in times of minimum flow
When a
river^
is at or below its minimum flow, takes from it must be managed in the following manner:
Permitted takes
- Takes that are permitted by this Plan (surface
water^
and groundwater takes) or are for fire-fighting purposes must be allowed to continue regardless of
river^
flow.
Existing hydroelectricity generation takes
- must be allowed to continue subject only to any minimum flow restrictions specified in their consent
conditions^
.
Supplementary takes
- must cease at a flow specified in their consent
conditions^
and that cessation flow must be higher than the
Schedule C
minimum flow such that the requirements of
Policy 5-17
(b)(i) are met.
Essential takes
- The following core
water^
allocation takes are deemed essential and must be managed in the manner described:
takes greater than permitted by this Plan (and therefore subject to resource
consent^
) that are required for reasonable domestic needs, reasonable needs of animals for drinking
water^
, and reasonable dairy shed washdown
water^
must be allowed to continue regardless of
river^
flow, but must not exceed:
up to 250 litres per person per day for domestic needs
up to 70 litres per animal per day for drinking water^
up to 70 litres per animal per day for dairy shed washdown
takes required to meet the reasonable needs of hospitals, other facilities providing medical treatment, marae, schools or other education facilities, New Zealand Defence Force facilities or correction facilities must be allowed to continue regardless of river^ flow, but must be required to minimise the amount of water^ taken to the extent reasonably practicable
takes which were lawfully established at the time of Plan notification (31 May 2007) required for industries which, if their take were to cease, would significantly compromise a community’s ability to provide for its social, economic or cultural wellbeing or for its health or safety (including the hygienic production and processing of perishable food), must be allowed to continue regardless of river^ flow, but must be required to minimise the amount of water^ taken to the extent reasonably practicable
public water supply*
takes must be restricted to a total public
water^
consumption calculated as follows:
an allocation of 250 litres per person per day for domestic needs, plus
an allocation for commercial use equal to 20% of the total allocation for domestic needs, plus
an allocation which meets the reasonable needs of those facilities and industries listed under (d)(ii) and (d)(iii) where such facilities and industries are connected to the public
water supply*
system, plus
any allocation necessary to cater for the reasonable needs of animals that are supplied by the public
water supply*
system, plus
an allocation for leakage equal to 15% of the total of (A) to (D) above.
Non-essential takes - Other core
water^
allocation takes, including irrigation takes but excluding the essential takes described under (d), must be managed in the following manner:
water^
takes must be required to cease when the river^ is at or below its minimum flow, as set out in
Policy 5-15
water^
takes must be allowed to recommence once the river^ flow has risen above its minimum flow.
Meaning of “core
water^
allocation take” - For the purposes of this policy, a core
water^
allocation take means a take that has been granted consent in accordance with a core allocation made under
Policy 5-15
, or in accordance with a previous core allocation regime.
Policy 5-19
: Surface
water^
allocation -
lakes^
Decisions on resource
consent^
applications to take
water^
from a
lake^
must ensure that there are no significant adverse
effects^
on the
Schedule B
Values of the
lake^
and have regard to the policies for indigenous biological
diversity^
in
Chapter 13
.
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