Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is
notifying 52 applications to replace existing resource
consents to take water from the Ngaruroro River and its
tributaries and from adjacent groundwater.
The
applications are for the renewal of existing takes, and some
applicants have applied for smaller amounts while some have
applied for an increase in the rate or volume of their
take.
The applications are principally for
irrigation use but are also for water to fill retention
dams, for frost protection, spray filling and wash down for
a wide range of horticulture, viticulture and agricultural
requirements.
As takes from groundwater bores
situated in the unconfined aquifer can have an effect on
flows in the Ngaruroro and its tributaries, the resource
consents are required to be notified the same as water takes
directly from streams or the river.
The notification
is being published in Hawke’s Bay Today on 3 June and on
the regional council’s website www.hbrc.govt.nz.
Submissions close on Wednesday 1 July at
5pm.
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