“The question before Council is simply what should be done about a private company who has failed to comply with their financial obligations

Gren Christie: “Water Holdings HB were fully aware of their obligations but over several years chose to evade that responsibility”.

WWU: “RWA identifies over-allocation, suggests clawing back large water consents that will capture polluting intensive dairy farms”

WWU: the public should know that with improvements to the ways we use our water we can achieve water surpluses

Christie: “CHB uses the most water per capita for the lowest return – we urgently need water allocation reform”

Bailey: “RWS doesn’t investigate usage, however it’s common knowledge a handful of intensive dairy farms in CHB use half the consented water