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Common freshwater questions

General Questions

  • What is the Essential Freshwater Policy Program?
  • Why are changes required?
  • What changes are you making?
  • What are freshwater bodies ?
  • How does this affect me?
  • How can I find out more information?

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Groundwater

  • What is a recharge zone?
  • What is an aquifer?
  • How much groundwater is available?

Water Quality

  • How does freshwater impact on estuaries?
  • Why are estuaries included in a freshwater plan change?

Water Quantity

  • What is a Freshwater Management Unit?
  • Will you take away some of my allocation if the river or groundwater I take water from is over allocated?
  • Do I need a resource consent to take water?
  • If you have allocated water, but it is unreliable (sometimes I am not allowed to take it) doesn’t that mean the stream is over allocated?
  • How did you work out how much water is available to take?
  • Are we short of water in the Bay of Plenty?

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