Fish and Game questions ORC on Lindis flows
Otago Fish and Game has expressed ``real concern'' over what it describes as the Otago Regional Council's failure to support its own commissioner's decision at a resource consent hearing into...
Water Quality
ORC hunts for stream polluter
ORC hunts for stream polluter
The Otago Regional Council is looking for a potential repeat offender after Kaikorai Stream was recently polluted with paint, the second such contamination in a year.
Waitaki River ‘lost’ designation rejected
Waitaki River ‘lost’ designation rejected
The Waitaki River is not ‘‘lost’’, the president of a community-based volunteer organisation trying to enhance the salmon fishery in the river says.
Alexandra freshwater workshop
Alexandra freshwater workshop
A public wananga, or workshop, is being planned for October to replace Matariki celebrations originally planned for June.
Verified clean brand for meat
Verified clean brand for meat
Creating a brand for New Zealand red meat that is verified as meeting fishable and swimmable water quality objectives is the mission of Food, Farms and Freshwater.
Community groups seek water quality support
Community groups seek water quality support
Community-based groups seeking to improve water quality in their areas have asked the Otago Regional Council for support and funding.
Plan change close to final tick
Plan change close to final tick
The Otago Regional Council's water quality plan change is past its last major hurdle.
Warning over lower water standards
Warning over lower water standards
Proposed national ''bottom lines'' on water quality could lead to large-scale degradation of Otago's rivers and lakes, the Otago Regional Council says.
Work begins to replace untreated water supply
Work begins to replace untreated water supply
The days of Otematata residents having to boil their drinking water may soon be over, as a new water supply is expected to be commissioned by April.
Intensive land use bad news for water
Intensive land use bad news for water
Nutrient loads are expected to increase in Otago water, as land use intensifies, which will lead to worsening water quality, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warns.
$3.6m to fix water
$3.6m to fix water
More than $3.6 million will have to be spent to provide Twizel township with water complying with New Zealand drinking water standards, according to a report from Opus.
ORC doubles water quality monitoring
ORC doubles water quality monitoring
Monitoring of Otago's waterways has doubled as the Otago Regional Council seeks to ensure water quality is maintained or improves.
Water a key Dunstan issue
Water a key Dunstan issue
Tarras Water Ltd's failed attempt to get regional council funding for its irrigation scheme this year has highlighted just how controversial water has become in the Dunstan region.
Water quality drops
Water quality drops
The suitability of some of Otago's waterways for swimming is being questioned after a national report showed declining water quality at many sites.
More intensive farming prompts call to work on water quality
More intensive farming prompts call to work on water quality
Further shifts in attitude need to occur if water quality is to remain in ''good health'' in Central Otago, the Otago Regional Council says.
Teamwork to help water quality
Teamwork to help water quality
The Otago Regional Council's newest catchment programme is under way in South Otago, as council staff work with landowners to improve water quality.
Warning on water supplies
Warning on water supplies
A norovirus outbreak at Cardrona township last year has highlighted some shortcomings in the law protecting drinking water supplies, particularly in small population centres that host many visitors in the tourist season.
Plan change 6A focus of meeting
Plan change 6A focus of meeting
''A slightly better understanding'' of the Otago Regional Council's new water quality plan was the result of a meeting between the council and the North Otago Sustainable Land Management Society in Oamaru this week. .
Cow manure source of Taieri water pollution
Cow manure source of Taieri water pollution
Cow manure has been found to be the cause of ''alarming'' high levels of bacteria in the Taieri River near Waipiata this summer.
Plan 6A changes adopted
Plan 6A changes adopted
Changes to water quality proposals will give landholders more time to meet tough new standards and allay fears about the ''pollution police'', Cr Duncan Butcher says.