The Otago Water Plan includes a suite of water quality rules to ensure good quality water in Otago’s waterways. These rules control contaminants and sediment coming off rural properties into waterways from runoff, leaching, and drains (non-point sources). Landholders are responsible for choosing methods of managing contaminant discharge to waterways that ensure that their property complies with the rules.
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LAWA displays water quality and trend information for more than 1100 freshwater sites throughout New Zealand
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Otago has been experiencing drier than normal conditions recently. These are likely to continue throughout the 2015-16 summer, due to the El Nino event under way in the Pacific Ocean.
More info on managing water availability this summer
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