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June 2013
Rob Cope-Williams gets ...
That water debate
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The debate about farming using water to produce exports so the country can survive still rages, but it isn’t just between the urban and rural sectors. Some regional councils are also wading into the debate and it seems they are making statements that have people shaking their heads in confusion. At a recent meeting with local farmers and E-Can staff there were suggestions that irrigation water from some rivers would be totally banned in dry conditions, but it was suggested that wells could be dug instead.
There are so many terrible stories about people who think they are allowed a certain amount of water only to find that the small print says that the agreed amount isn’t for 24 hours a day, but just six hours a day.
When pushed, I am of the understanding that the answer to using that well water for irrigation was — no it couldn’t be used for that.
The other thing that has started to arise is the actual river management. There are some amazing stories about how the regional council workers ensure they manage the flow in rivers to get through the dry spells.
I know that sounds very confusing, but that’s why we have professional people like Federated Farmers and gentlemen like Tony Davoren from Hydro Services to sort things out for you. It is the small print that will catch people out, and of course the language that documents are written in. It is all fine if you know that language, but for many, or in fact all but a very few, it is a mission impossible.
The Halswell river, for example, ran higher than normal all summer because the person who manages it controlled the flow by slowing it down — he simply left the weed in the bottom to stop it all flowing out the other end. When the demand was less, the flow was sped up and the levels dropped a bit. Not rocket science,
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There are many people who are very grumpy about the whole consent business, and while I think everyone agrees that we have to have controls set in place, the apparent road blocking and money grabbing by councils is hard to swallow. It may just be a perception, but I suggest that councils, both district and regional, have a very serious PR problem and while I have no idea about what it would take to get the ratepayers onto their side, it is a situation they should address. The fact that the Government has given the Christchurch City Council just a few days to sort their affairs out, and the fact that E-Can lost its Board suggests that there is lots of room for streamlining systems. Just a thought really.
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