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DunedinNovember 14

ORC hunts for stream polluter

The Otago Regional Council is looking for a potential repeat offender after Kaikorai Stream was recently polluted with paint, the second such contamination in a year.

Central OtagoNovember 14

Fish and Game questions ORC on Lindis flows

Otago Fish and Game has expressed ``real concern'' over what it describes as the Otago Regional Council's failure to support its own commissioner's decision at a resource consent hearing into minimum water flows.

North OtagoSeptember 8

Waitaki River ‘lost’ designation rejected

The Waitaki River is not ‘‘lost’’, the president of a community-based volunteer organisation trying to enhance the salmon fishery in the river says.

Central OtagoSeptember 4

Alexandra freshwater workshop

A public wananga, or workshop, is being planned for October to replace Matariki celebrations originally planned for June.

NewsMarch 15

Verified clean brand for meat

Creating a brand for New Zealand red meat that is verified as meeting fishable and swimmable water quality objectives is the mission of Food, Farms and Freshwater.

NewsMay 15

Community groups seek water quality support

Community-based groups seeking to improve water quality in their areas have asked the Otago Regional Council for support and funding.

DunedinMarch 11

Plan change close to final tick

The Otago Regional Council's water quality plan change is past its last major hurdle.

DunedinJanuary 31

Warning over lower water standards

Proposed national ''bottom lines'' on water quality could lead to large-scale degradation of Otago's rivers and lakes, the Otago Regional Council says.

North OtagoJanuary 24

Work begins to replace untreated water supply

The days of Otematata residents having to boil their drinking water may soon be over, as a new water supply is expected to be commissioned by April.

NewsDecember 10

Intensive land use bad news for water

Nutrient loads are expected to increase in Otago water, as land use intensifies, which will lead to worsening water quality, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warns.

CanterburyDecember 10

$3.6m to fix water

More than $3.6 million will have to be spent to provide Twizel township with water complying with New Zealand drinking water standards, according to a report from Opus.

NewsSeptember 27

ORC doubles water quality monitoring

Monitoring of Otago's waterways has doubled as the Otago Regional Council seeks to ensure water quality is maintained or improves.

Central OtagoSeptember 19

Water a key Dunstan issue

Tarras Water Ltd's failed attempt to get regional council funding for its irrigation scheme this year has highlighted just how controversial water has become in the Dunstan region.

NewsAugust 14

Water quality drops

The suitability of some of Otago's waterways for swimming is being questioned after a national report showed declining water quality at many sites.

Central OtagoJune 16

More intensive farming prompts call to work on water quality

Further shifts in attitude need to occur if water quality is to remain in ''good health'' in Central Otago, the Otago Regional Council says.

South OtagoJune 14

Teamwork to help water quality

The Otago Regional Council's newest catchment programme is under way in South Otago, as council staff work with landowners to improve water quality.

DunedinJune 14

Warning on water supplies

A norovirus outbreak at Cardrona township last year has highlighted some shortcomings in the law protecting drinking water supplies, particularly in small population centres that host many visitors in the tourist season.

North OtagoMay 31

Plan change 6A focus of meeting

''A slightly better understanding'' of the Otago Regional Council's new water quality plan was the result of a meeting between the council and the North Otago Sustainable Land Management Society in Oamaru this week. .

DunedinApril 20

Cow manure source of Taieri water pollution

Cow manure has been found to be the cause of ''alarming'' high levels of bacteria in the Taieri River near Waipiata this summer.

DunedinMarch 27

Plan 6A changes adopted

Changes to water quality proposals will give landholders more time to meet tough new standards and allay fears about the ''pollution police'', Cr Duncan Butcher says.

North OtagoFebruary 8

Inconsistent dirty water stance worry

Non-compliance by some of Waitaki's wastewater treatment plants is concerning Otago regional councillors worried about the double-standard message it is sending the region's dairy farmers.

BusinessFebruary 8

Councils tackle quality their own ways

New Zealand's regional councils have been asked by the Government to set limits to improve water quality. Rebecca Fox looks at the different ways South Island councils are interpreting those directions while Sally Rae talks to farmers about the impact on their businesses.

NationalDecember 10

Water quality concerns

New Zealanders will be left with a sad environmental legacy if there is not the political will to prevent further freshwater degradation, the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society says.

North OtagoNovember 9

ORC advice to farmers criticised

North Otago farmers trying to get to grips with the complexities surrounding a proposed regional council water plan change yesterday said they had been fed false information in the build-up to the hearings.

NewsNovember 9

Council approach 'unenlightened': scientist

The Otago Regional Council's "command and control" approach to water quality standards is "unenlightened", environmental scientist Peter Callander says.

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