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How do I know contributing to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy meetings will make a difference? The community now generally agrees that this vital resource must be well managed so everyone can enjoy its benefits, now and in the future. The Canterbury Mayoral Forum is comm ...
How often will I have to pay the Customer Service charge for monitoring my Resource Consent? The Customer Service charge for monitoring resource consents is designed to be an annual fee that the consent holder will pay each year until the consent either lapses or expires. ...
What are the key points included in the Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy? The Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy includes a number of key points that have been proposed as a way for Canterbury to manage it's water resource in the best possible w ...
What are the next steps for the Canterbury Water Management Strategy after it has been launched? The Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy will be launched on Thursday 3 September by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. Copies of the strategy are available on th ...
What has happened to all the public information you have previously gathered as part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? This information is in the Strategic Water Study Stage 1,2 and 3 reports published on the www.canterburywater.org.nz website. ...
What is a Regional Land Transport Strategy? The Regional Land Transport Strategy sets the direction for the region’s transport system for the next 30 years. The Strategy is important for a number of reasons. It influences h ...
What is the new annual compliance monitoring charge? New compliance monitoring charging structure (all prices GST inclusive) Annual Fixed Charge $63.00 Hourly Monitoring Rate $74.25 per hour + disbursements Costs cover services ...
What is this new Uniform Annual General Charge? Environment Canterbury is considering the introduction of a uniform annual general charge to cover funding of some core services which benefit all ratepayers equally. This type of ...
What sort of work will the State of the Environment cost recovery fund? The Water Management Charge will go towards the State of Environment monitoring and investigations work we currently engage in across the Canterbury region. This work involves sci ...
What types of Resource Consents will incur a State of the Environment Charge? There are only four types of resource consents that may incur a Water Management Charge if the scheme is implemented as part of the Annual Plan process. They are: Resource co ...
What was the consultation process for the changes to the Annual Compliance Monitoring Charge? The new annual flat rate charge formed part of the Long Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) 2009-19 which was confirmed by Council in June and takes effect 1 July 2009. Last ye ...
Where can I find out more about the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? More information is available at www.canterburywater.org.nz. This web resource will be regularly updated throughout the programme. ...
Why are the State of the Environment Accountability Zones different to Environment Canterbury’s Water Allocation Zones? Environment Canterbury's water allocation zones relate to ground and surface water. Canterbury has quite unique hydrology where above an individual property there can and are ...
Why are you making changes to the way Environment Canterbury charges for the monitoring of their Resource Consents? Currently the cost of all consent adminstration and supervision is recovered through a margin on the monitoring hourly charge out rate used to calculate fixed and additional charg ...
Why did you hold stakeholder meetings about the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? Water management is a big issue in Canterbury. There have been many projects in the past where water has been debated and there is general agreement that we need to manage our wat ...
Why has it taken so long to get anything done regarding the Canterbury Water Management Strategy? This is a big job and it’s important for us to get it right. This is the first time we’ve had a programme to manage our water use. It will guide management of the region’s water f ...
Why is Environment Canterbury looking at recovering costs related to State of the Environment Monitoring? Environment Canterbury is seeking a more equitable mix of funding for its water investigations and monitoring work, which is required to understand the nature of the region's fres ...

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