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Time Running Out to Have Say on
Local Water Issues
People interested in having their say on
the Ashburton Zone Committee’s draft
Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP)
have until 21 October to provide their
feedback.
In late September the zone committee
hosted a series of well-attended public
meetings to facilitate discussion around
the draft ZIP.
Committee Chair Matthew Hall said that
the public meetings were invaluable
to providing an insight into the variety
of community views around water
management.
“The meetings helped inform us about
what people liked and didn’t like and
what they thought was missing and their
feedback will all be taken into account
when we begin reviewing and updating the
draft ZIP before submitting it to councils,”
he said.
The Ashburton Zone Committee’s draft
ZIP recommends actions, responsibilities
and time-frames for activities to help
achieve the principles, targets and
goals set out in the Canterbury Water
Management Strategy (CWMS).
It has been developed following numerous
committee meetings and extensive
stakeholder and community engagement
to gather information about the region’s
water resource.
The draft ZIP includes recommendations
on four key priority areas; Hakatere /
Ashburton River, ecosystem health and
biodiversity, water quality, and water
quantity.
Matthew Hall says how water is allocated
and used is crucial to the future of the
region so people should feel compelled to
have their say.
“How our water is managed will affect our
region for generations to come. It is vital
the right water management approach
is taken to ensure present and future
generations the greatest social and
economic benefits from the resource.
“We would encourage people who
weren’t able to make it along to one of
our meetings to go online and submit a
feedback form or collect one from one of
the council offices,” he said.
The Ashburton Draft ZIP prioritises the
ten Canterbury Water Management
Strategy targets in the Ashburton zone
and suggests actions to achieve the
milestones set out in the Strategy.
It contains more than 70 recommendations
to the Ashburton District Council,
Environment Canterbury and other
stakeholders.
Community members have until 21
October to provide their feedback on the
Ashburton Draft ZIP.
This can be done by visiting www.ecan.
govt/canterburywater, by collecting a
copy of the draft ZIP from Enivronment
Canterbury (Ellesemere Centre, 24
Edward Street, Lincoln) Environment
Canterbury Depot in Ashburton
(4 McNally Street Ashburton),
or the Ashburton District Council offices
(5 Baring Square West, Ashburton).
For more information contact:
Gerald Raymond
Senior Communications Advisor Water
and Land
Environment Canterbury
Gerald.Raymond@ecan.govt.nz