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News: tagged with "water"

• The best spots for recreation this summer

  Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waterways, swimming, recreation, safety
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th September 2023 Our contact recreation report is now available. Take a look and find out where will be good for swimming this summer

• Karoro/Southern black-backed gull control set to begin

  Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: conservation, waterways, river beds
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th September 2023 From September 2023 until February 2024 we're conducting a Karoro/Southern black-backed gull control operation, targeting eggs and nests, at the Ashley River/Rakahuri

• Council invests in flood resilience

  Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergency management, emergencies, resilience, water, planning
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 12th September 2023 Over $4 million for infrastructure repairs and the establishment of an Infrastructure Resilience Team to lead flood recovery were major outcomes from the Waimakariri District Council’s Septem

• The messy business of ecological restoration

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, waterways, volunteering, planting
  Chrischurch City Council Newsline: 23rd August 2023 Ecological restoration can look untidy, but that’s just nature doing its job

• Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, Report, environmental health, water, emergencies
  A major new research report from the Helen Clark Foundation and WSP in New Zealand is recommending a series of actions to respond to the escalating impacts of climate change-induced extreme rainfall events

• Council approves changes that simplify rules to manage water quality

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water management, water, environmental health, policy, planning
  Environment Canterbury media release: 21st August 2023 Council has approved new rules that will streamline the consents process and strengthen restrictions on some activities to improve water quality across significant parts of the region

• Understand the regulations for whitebait fishing

  Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, fishing, safety, water
  Environment Canterbury media release: 15th August 2023 Whitebait plays an important part of our ecosystem as well as our culture, as a national delicacy. It is also an important traditional source of kai for Māori

• Let’s talk about Mandeville Resurgence Channel Upgrades

  Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention, waterways, consultation, community engagement
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 14th August 2023 The Mandeville area has a history of flooding - including more recent storm events in 2014, 2017, 2022 and 2023

• Don’t let our waterways go down the drain

  Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, water, safety, pollution, waterways
  Environment Canterbury media release: 10th August 2023 Did you know the stormwater drains you see on the side of the road lead directly into our rivers, streams and the ocean? Many people assume that whatever travels down these drains gets treated, but in

• New reports shed light on how nitrogen moves through land and water

  Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, research, planning, safety
  Environment Canterbury media release: 9th August 2023 More needs to be done to see significant improvements in our region’s water quality, according to two new reports recently published by us

• Unchlorinated water stations to close

  Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th August 2023 The unchlorinated water fill stations at the Keyes (New Brighton) and Burnside pump stations will be permanently closed to comply with drinking water laws

• Recreational water quality results from Whakaraupō Lyttelton and Akaroa released

  Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, disease, pollution, swimming
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th June 2023 Environment Canterbury undertook faecal source testing earlier this year in many of the bays and waterways in Lyttelton Bays/Whakaraupō and Akaroa/Whakaroa to help determine what type of faecal pollution

• Christchurch Councillors outraged to hear chlorine forced into water supply

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th May 2023 Government water regulator Taumata Arowai has advised that it will decline Christchurch City Council’s first chlorine exemption applications, which has come as a bitter disappointment to the elected Counci

• Massive drop in summer water use will save millions

  Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th April 2023 Peak water use has plummeted since excess charges were introduced which could see savings of more than $150 million, as well as improving the city’s sustainability

• Ailing willow trees to be removed

  Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, environment, waterways
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th April 2023 Up to 40 ailing willow trees along the banks of Kā Pūtahi Creek in Englefield Reserve will be removed and replaced with native trees, helping to stabilise the banks and reduce sediment build-up

• Planting proves challenging on the Waikirikiri Selwyn River

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, waterways, biodiversity
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th March 2023 The combination of dry conditions, thin, poor-quality soil and a highly modified river is making for an extra challenging native revegetation programme on the central Canterbury/Waitaha river berm

• Rock riffle to help fish movement, diversity, and abundance

  Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, prevention, waterways
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th March 2023 A naturalised rock riffle being installed in the Ōtākaro-Avon River near Mona Vale Homestead will help native and sport fish easily move to and from the river’s upper catchment

• Birdlings Flat water supply to be temporarily chlorinated

  Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, waterways, safety, prevention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd February 2023 The Birdlings Flat water supply has been temporarily chlorinated after regular testing detected the presence of a low number of contaminants

• Invoices being sent to Christchurch's highest water users

  Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, water management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd February 2023 Excess water invoices will start being sent to Christchurch’s highest water users from this week

• Water quality results at Lyttelton Harbour: What's the story?

  Posted: Friday, January 13, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: swimming, safety, health, recreation, water
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th January 2023 Long-term grades for Corsair Bay, Diamond Harbour Beach, Rāpaki Bay and Purau Bay changed to poor prior to this summer

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