Overseer is widely accepted by regional councils as the tool for understanding the flow of nutrients on and off a farm.

Ground Cover tracks legislative and regulatory reform in resource management, local government and planning law.

Article recommends individual farmers to make submissions in relation to proposal document for healthy waterways.

These changes include a new target that 90 per cent of lakes and rivers meet swimmable water quality standards by 2040.

NZ will be the first country to introduce a nationwide standard for biofouling, to prevent pests entering from overseas.

Anyone with a consent to take water at a rate greater than 5 litres per second must install a water measuring device.

Article discusses further reforms to Resource Management Act. .

The NPSFM provides a national direction for the management of freshwater under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

The Government is seeking feedback via a consultation document on proposed changes to the way fresh water is managed.

High water consumption households in Christchurch will now be invoiced based on their metered water usage.

This Variation tightens controls on farming and related activities which could put water quality and quantity at risk.

Plan Change 5 makes a number of changes to the LWRP that are designed to deal with the management of water quality.

The starting point to define a riverbed is the area covered by water when the river is full without overtopping its banks.

This Bill repeals the collaborative planning process and replaces it with a specialised planning process for freshwater.

New Zealand will benefit most if the new system is both workable and enduring.

Council monitoring officer visits have become a normal part of farm life.

These RMA changes require councils to update some of their processes, particularly in relation to resource consents.

This Report makes recommendations for the monitoring, testing and management of water supplies for safer drinking water.

Despite criticism from some members of the public, the Bill addresses oral health problems currently facing New Zealand.

2018 has produced and foreshadowed a number of important changes in the resource management and environmental space.