[2023] NZEnvC 043 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 419 KB]
...to include a new condition requiring that any discharge does not contain concentrations of contaminants which are likely to have any more than minor adverse effect on source water for human consumption, as per the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 (NES-DW). [16] The rationale for Northland DHB’s appeal is that the decisions version of Rule C.4.1.9 would allow activities that could have negative impacts on...