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Otago Regional Water Plan – opportunity for feedback

The quality of our lakes and rivers, monitoring and future use were highlighted as areas of importance in the Upper Clutha Conservation Report, Upper Clutha Transport Report, Arrowtown and Glenorchy Community Reports and Queenstown Transport. ORC are currently changing their Water Plan. Please see the information below on how you can get involved.

We are developing a change to Otago’s Regional Plan Water (Water Plan) to manage the amount of water in the Clutha/Mata-au, its lakes and main upper catchment tributaries. This includes setting minimum flows and allocation limits for the Clutha/Mata-au, Kawarau and Hawea Rivers and levels and allocation limits for Lakes Wakatipu, Wanaka, Hawea, Dunstan and Roxburgh.

Before we notify a proposed plan change to the Water Plan, we are holding a series of three community consultation sessions over the coming months to develop the plan change. The feedback we receive from the community at these sessions will help us develop the plan change.

The first sessions are between 22 November and 5 December 2017, where we will be asking what’s important for you about the Clutha/Mata-au, Kawarau and Hawea Rivers and Lakes Wakatipu, Wanaka, Hawea, Dunstan and Roxburgh and the availability of water for diverse uses and values. At the start of each session there will be a brief presentation, and following that ORC staff will be available to talk one to one with people.

SESSION DETAILS:

Queenstown
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Copthorne Lakefront Hotel
88 Frankton Road
1.30-3.30pm or 6.30-8.30pm

Wanaka
Thursday 23 November 2017
Lake Wanaka Centre
89 Ardmore Street
1.30-3.30pm or 6.30-8.30pm

Cromwell
Monday 27 November 2017
The Gate
6 Barry Avenue
6.30-8.30pm

Alexandra
Tuesday 28 November 2017
The Cellar Door
143 Centennial Avenue
1.30-3.30pm or 6.30-8.30pm

Roxburgh
Monday 4 December 2017
Roxburgh Memorial Hall
120 Scotland Street
6.30-8.30pm

Balclutha
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Rosebank Lodge
265 Clyde Street
1.30-3.30pm or 6.30-8.30pm

If you can’t attend a session, you can check out the information online and submit your feedback there from 22 November or by post (Private Bag 1954, Dunedin 9054). To account for the upcoming holiday season, feedback closes at
5pm on Friday 19 January 2018.

For more information go to www.orc.govt.nz/clutha, call 0800 474 082, or email [email protected].

Your feedback on what is important to you will help us develop options for the plan change. We will consult with you again on these options, and again on a preferred option, before we notify a plan change to the Water Plan.