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News: tagged with "water"

• Coming together to improve Christchurch's urban waterways

  Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, biodiversity, environment, health, recreation
  Environment Canterbury media release: 17th March 2021 On 22nd March 2021 we will join Christchurch City Council, along with several community groups, schools, and businesses at Turanga Central Library to celebrate and sign a new partnership Charter

• Hororātā flood protection advances

  Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, emergencies, prevention, water
  Selwyn District Council media release: 16th March 2021 Flood protection works have taken a big step forward around Hororātā with two major projects coming to completion

• Selwyn on the way with new water safety plans

  Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, safety, planning
  Selwyn District Council Newsline: 16th March 2021 Selwyn has become one of the first places in the country to receive a tick for safety of drinking water under the revised assessment framework

• Water charge proposed to curb extreme demand

  Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, water, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd February 2021 Christchurch City Council is proposing charging households that regularly use large amounts of water in an effort to make the service fairer and to curb extreme demand over summer

• Christchurch water restrictions lifted

  Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 1st February 2021 Water restrictions in place for Christchurch have been lifted today, while Level 3 restrictions remain in place for parts of Banks Peninsula

• Level 3 water restrictions for parts of Banks Peninsula

  Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 25th January 2021 Water restrictions have been increased from Level 2 to Level 3 for Akaroa, Duvauchelle and Takamatua on Banks Peninsula as increasingly hot and windy conditions put pressure on water supplies

• New report on Christchurch groundwater levels

  Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, Report
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th December 2020 A new technical report gives Christchurch City Council a high-level picture of the impact changes to future groundwater levels may have on the city

• Funding boost for water infrastructure

  Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, repair, management, funding
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th December 2020 Christchurch City Council has committed $40 million in Government funding to upgrade parts of the city’s drinking and wastewater infrastructure

• Beware algal blooms in Christchurch ponds and wetlands

  Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: pets, environment, water, safety, disease
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th November 2020 People and their pets are being urged to avoid stormwater ponds and wetlands in Christchurch as they could contain the potentially toxic algae - cyanobacteria

• Christchurch gardeners urged to ‘water like you oughta’

  Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd November 2020 The Garden City’s head gardener is urging Christchurch residents to be mindful of their outdoor water use this summer so the city’s water supply network doesn’t come under too much pressure

• Best spots to swim in North Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, water, safety
  Environment Canterbury media release: 10th November 2020 Our updated recreational water quality monitoring report for 2019/20 shows that there are plenty of safe swimming spots to visit this summer in North Canterbury

• Four year restoration of Cashmere Stream completed

  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, water, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd November 2020 Local landowners and community members armed themselves with spades and smiles to help the Cashmere Stream Care Group complete the final stage of a four-year restoration and enhancement planting projec

• Essential Freshwater package implementation underway

  Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 13th October 2020 We have started the journey towards implementing the Government’s new freshwater policy package

• Otukaikino River best Christchurch waterway

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Report, water, safety, environmental health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th October 2020 Water quality in most Christchurch waterways has remained steady, the latest research shows

• Get your kids swimsmart before summer

  Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, water, safety, young people
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 21st September 2020 Christchurch parents are being encouraged to make sure their children have the skills to stay safe in the water this summer by enrolling them now for Swimsmart lessons

• Christchurch well head upgrades complete

  Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, public health
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th September 2020 Christchurch’s drinking-water is now flowing through a network of “state of the art” above-ground well heads following completion of Christchurch City Council’s well-head security improvement programm

• Large-scale water upgrades continuing

  Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, water, management, safety
  Selwyn District Council media release: 18th August 2020 Four new water treatment plant upgrades have been completed as the major upgrade works to the districts’ water systems continue

• Kiwi pre-schoolers losing teeth to preventable tooth decay

  Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, research, water, oral health
  Canterbury District Health Board and University of Canterbury media release: 28th July 2020 Kiwi kids are suffering unnecessarily from severe tooth decay that could be prevented according to research published today in JAMA Paediatrics - the highest-ranki

• New water services bill for safe drinking water

  Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, management, services, legislation
  Beehive media release: 28th July 2020 The Government has today introduced legislation to Parliament that will transform drinking water safety in New Zealand and improve environmental outcomes for our wastewater and stormwater networks

• Advice regarding monitored shellfish gathering sites in Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, Food, warning, advice
  Canterbury DHB media release: 25th February 2020 Environment Canterbury monitors microbial water quality at coastal sites on a weekly basis over summer (from November to March) to determine from where shellfish are safe to eat

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