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Proposed National Environmental Standard on Ecological Flows and Water Levels: Discussion Document

• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ecological Flows and Water Levels in the Context of Environmental Flows and the Resource Management Act
• 3 How Could National Direction Address Issues with Ecological Flows and Water Levels?
• 4 The Options
• 5 Proposal for an NES on Ecological Flows and Water Levels
• 6 Preliminary Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Preferred Option
• 7 Future Actions to Complement the NES
• 8 What Next?
• 9 References
• Appendix 1: Definitions
• Appendix 2: Existing Approaches to Ecological Flows
• Appendix 3: Environmental Flows and Water Levels
• Appendix 4: Executive Summary and Recommendations from: Draft Guidelines for the Selection of Methods to Determine Ecological Flows and Water Levels (Beca 2008)

9 References

Aqualinc. 2006. Snapshot of Water Allocation in New Zealand. Report prepared by Aqualinc Research Ltd for MfE. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment

ARC. 2000. Guidelines for Setting Stream Flow Regimes in the Auckland Region – Draft. Auckland Regional Council.

Beca. 2008. Draft Guidelines for the Selection of Methods to Determine Ecological Flows and Water Levels. Report prepared by Beca Infrastructure Ltd for MfE. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.

Horizons Regional Council. 2004. Groundwater allocation methodology: Horowhenua and Manawatu. Palmerston North: Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council.

Lincoln Environmental. 2000. Information on Water Allocation in New Zealand. Report prepared for MfE. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/water/water-allocation-apr00.html

MfE. 1998. Flow Guidelines for Instream Values. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.

MfE. 2001. Valuing Our Clean Green Image. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.

Sharp B, Kerr G. 2005. Option and Existence Values for the Waitaki Catchment. Report prepared for MfE. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/water/waitaki-option-existence-values-jan05/

SKM. 2008. Benefits and Costs of the Proposed National Environmental Standard on Ecological Flows and Water Levels. Report to Ministry for the Environment. Christchurch: Sinclair Knight Merz.

Note: The present publication may be cited as:

MfE. 2008. Proposed National Environmental Standard on Ecological Flows and Water Levels – Discussion Document. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.

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