Election year:
2023
Political party:
Act
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Three Waters
- Give control of water resources back to regional and local councils, allowing them to work with their local communities to develop acceptable standards and rules for nitrates, sedimentation run off, and freshwater quality.
- Stipulate that environmental standards must focus on outcomes based on science.
- Liberalise water storage requirements to increase farmer resilience to climate and seasonal pressures whilst maintaining aquifer health.
- Allow councils to opt into a system in which water resource consents would be converted into time-based tradable water permits.
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