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Chapter 5: Water
5.4.3 Water Quantity and Allocation
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5.4.3.1 Policies applying to both Surface Water and Groundwater
Policy 5-12: Reasonable and justifiable need for
water^
Subject to
Policy 5-18
, the amount of
water^
taken by resource users must be reasonable and justifiable for the intended use. In addition, the following specific measures for ensuring reasonable and justifiable use of
water^
must be taken into account when considering consent applications to take
water^
for irrigation, public water supply*, animal drinking
water^
, dairy shed washdown or industrial use, and during reviews of consent
conditions^
for these activities.
For irrigation,
resource consent^
applications must be required to meet a reasonable use test in relation to the maximum daily rate of abstraction, the irrigation return period and the seasonal or annual volume of the proposed take. When making decisions on the reasonableness of the rate and volume of take sought, the Regional Council must:
consider
land^
use, crop
water^
use requirements, on-site physical factors such as soil
water^
-holding capacity, and climatic factors such as rainfall variability and potential evapo-transpiration
assess applications either on the basis of an irrigation application efficiency of 80% (even if the actual system being used has a lower application efficiency), or on the basis of a higher efficiency where an application is for an irrigation system with a higher efficiency
link actual irrigation use to soil moisture measurements or daily soil moisture budgets in consent
conditions^
.
For domestic use, animal drinking
water^
and dairy shed washdown
water^
, reasonable needs must be calculated as:
up to 300 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.
For industrial uses,
water^
allocation must be calculated where possible in accordance with best management practices for
water^
efficiency for that particular industry.
For public
water supplies*
, the following must generally be considered to be reasonable:
an allocation of 300 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 for industrial use calculated, where possible, in accordance with best management practices for water^ efficiency for that particular industry, plus
an allocation necessary for hospitals, other facilities providing medical treatment, marae, schools or other education facilities, New Zealand Defence Force facilities or correction facilities, plus
an allocation necessary for public amenity and recreational facilities such as gardens, parks, sports fields and swimming pools, plus
an allocation necessary to cater for the reasonable needs of animals or agricultural uses that are supplied by the public
water supply*
system, plus
an allocation necessary to cater for growth, where urban growth of the municipality is provided for in an operative
district plan^
for the area and is reasonably forecast, plus
an allocation for leakage equal to 15% of the total of (i) to (vii) above.
When making decisions on consent applications where the existing allocation for a public water supply* exceeds the allocation determined in accordance with (d)(i) to (d)(vi) above:
consideration must be given to imposing a timeframe within which it is reasonably practicable for the existing allocation to be reduced to the determined amount, or
if (i) is not imposed, an alternative allocation must be determined based on the particular social and economic circumstances of the community serviced by the
public water supply*
and the actual and potential
effects^
of the abstraction on the relevant
Schedule B
Values for the reach of
river^
or its
bed^
affected by the take.
Policy 5-13
: Efficient use of
water^
Water^
must be used efficiently, including by the following measures:
requiring
water^
audits and
water^
budgets to check for leakages and
water^
-use efficiency as appropriate
requiring the use of, or progressive
upgrade*
to, infrastructure^ for
water^
distribution that minimises the loss of water^ and restricts the use of
water^
to the amounts determined in accordance with
Policy 5-12
enabling the transfer of
water permits^
promoting
water^
storage
raising awareness about
water^
efficiency issues and techniques
requiring monitoring of
water^
takes, including by installing
water^
metering and telemetry.
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