Canterbury Water Management Strategy in the Orari-Opihi-Pareora Zone

CWMS – finding local solutions to water management challenges in the OOP zone

• Ecosystem health/biodiversity

• Natural character of braided rivers

• Kaitiakitanga

• Drinking water

• Recreational & amenity opportunities

• Water-use efficiency

• Irrigated land area

• Energy security and efficiency

• Regional and national economies

• Environmental limits

TARGETSThese cover all

values

Priorities for the OOP zone committee

• Water quality: local communities finding solutions to deliver the targets of the CWMS

• Biodiversity: Immediate Steps funding supports initiatives to protect biodiversity

• New water for the zone - for environment, drinking water and irrigation

Catchment groups in OOP Zone

“Local people taking local ownership”A community – led approach to achieving local water management goals

Strengthening community links and taking action

The OOP Zone Committee has been driving the establishment of catchment groups to enable local people to find the best ways to care for and improve local waterways and infrastructure to help meet the targets of the CWMS.

Vision for the next five years• Local ownership of catchment health

- What are our values and expectations?- A shared vision: What makes a healthy waterway?

• Improvements in waterway health- Know your farm and catchment - Understand local nutrient issues- Actively manage activities to minimise losses of

nitrogen and phosphorus- Share local knowledge

Vision for the next five years• Waterway health and biodiversity enhancement

- Create awareness of challenges, solutions, and opportunities - Identify the actions required to protect

biodiversity priorities • Realising economic potential

- Identify opportunities- Consider environmental impacts

What success looks like – year one

• Defined vision• Identified risks to waterway and ecosystem health • Identified catchment‘s economic potential • Decided what action is required to achieve vision • Begin work on implementation

What success looks like – long term• Implementing the vision

- Community buy-in and understanding of local water issues- Action being taken to reduce nutrient losses- Farm environment plan implementation- Balancing environmental and economic

outcomes- Monitoring and measurement

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