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Environment Canterbury welcomes the launch of Water Accord
MEDIA RELEASE
Tuesday July 9, 2013
Environment
Canterbury a friend of the Sustainable Dairying: Water
Accord
Environment Canterbury welcomes the launch of the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord that replaces the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (set up in 2003 and which expired at the end of last year).
“Environment Canterbury, along with other regional councils, is a friend of the Sustainable Dairying Water Accord, supports its aims and will work to help ensure the success of the Accord,” said Dame Margaret Bazley, Chair of Environment Canterbury.
“It is encouraging to see the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord is aligned with our approach in recent years to work alongside the dairy industry and farmers to build understanding of good practice and improve on-farm environmental performance.”
In Canterbury the proposed Land & Water Regional Plan – which was notified in August 2012 – sets new rules to protect and enhance the region’s fresh water, aligning with the community’s aspirations set out in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy to balance economic and environmental outcomes.
“We are very supportive of the collective action proposed in the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord which will ensure we continue to make progress in improving the performance of dairy farming around fresh water.”
The Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord sets targets for excluding stock from waterways and for installing bridges or culverts, as well as developing riparian management plans.
The Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord also requires farmers to provide information to their dairy company to allow for the modelling on nitrogen loss and nitrogen conversion efficiency, with the aim to drive continuous improvement. All dairy farm effluent systems are required to be capable of being compliant with regional council rules 365 days of the year.
“We look forward to collectively working with the dairy industry and farmers with a shared understanding of what needs to be done, and what can be done to achieve improved fresh water outcomes in Canterbury,” said Dame Margaret Bazley.
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