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Requested Information:

“Freshwater take and discharge rights are allocated under RMA resource consent processes. They operate under a ‘first-in first-served’ system, which we understand to mean in practical terms that earlier in time resource consent applications have priority for consideration”.
“In that context, we request the following information from the Council:
1. How many surface and groundwater catchments and/or FMUs are there within the region you are responsible for?
2. How is the total volume of freshwater that is available for allocation determined for groundwater catchment management units within the region?
3. Does the Council provide Māori with any preferential rights to allocation of freshwater that is available for allocation within the region, and if so what are they?
4. Regarding allocation of freshwater takes, for each of those catchments and/or FMUs within the region:
a) How much water in total is available for allocation?
b) What is the allocation limit, if any, that has been applied to it?
c) What is the core consented allocation?
d) How are water takes monitored, and are all consented takes monitored?
e) How much of the total allocation remains available for consented takes?
f) How many pending applications for water takes are there?
5. For those catchments and/or FMUs within the region whose consented allocations are above allocation limits, what plan, if any, is in place to achieve those limits?
6. Regarding allocation of discharges, for each of those catchments and/or FMUs within the region:
a) What limits been set under the National Objectives Framework across all attributes requiring limits on resource use under the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020?

b) For those catchments and/or FMUs within the region where limits have been set, what are the consented allocations across the relevant attributes?
c) For those catchments and/or FMUs within the region where those consented allocations are above limits, what plan, if any, is in place to achieve the limits?”