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Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Change 1- Waikato and

Waipa River Catchments.

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Waipa River Catchments.

FORM 5 Ctciuse 6 of First Schedule,'Resource Monogement Act 7997

Chief Executive,40l Grey Street, Private Bag 3038, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240

Walkato Regional Council, 401 Grey Street, Hamilton East, Hamilton

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WAIKATO AND WAIPA CATCHMENTSSubmissions To The Waikato Regional Council

This scheme as proposed.is neither practical nor achievable .To have a vision to return the rivers to thestate they were in 150 years ago is a great idea until the practicalities are taken into account.NitrogenFirstly nitrogen as you are aware comes from many sources and the least source is from native bushso plainly the region is.not going to regenerate into forest.The region has been farmed for well over100 years and nitrogen leaching from livestock and crop farming is are part of this Low levels ofnitrogen does not make water undrinkable or un-swim-able ,the problem with nitrogen is that itinduces water weed and algae to grow in slow moving or stagnant water. There has to be a balancebetween the amount of nitrogen leached and weed growth in the lower Waikato river .I maintain that itwould be be of immense benefit to the whole region economically to encourage agriculturalproduction rather than restrict it and harvest the weed growth in the lower Waikato river for compostmaking or ensiled for stock'feed .The technology is available and makes perfect sense to extract thenutiient in the water by harvesting the water plants. Businesses could be set up to harvest thisvegetation and tum it into useful products ..

PhosphorusPhosphorus is not mobile through the soil and generally gets into streams with the erosion of topsoilduring heavy rain events. All the soils in this region are phosphate deficient and need annual dressingsof phosphate to enable farms to operate profitably Phosphorus will only be a problem with extensivesoil erosion which which is not happening to any extent but can with exheme weather bombs and I canrecall that Kakapuka mountain was scaned from top to bottom with slips in thel958 flood , evenalthough the top half was well covered with native bush.Sediment ,Clarity

We have some very muddy rivers and some very clear rivers .The Waipa is labeled as a dirty river butabove Otorohanga it is generally clear.The problem comes from the tributaries from the south and west.The Mangapu the Waitomo and the Moarakura which always carry heavy silt burdens after heavy rainand they do not seem to have improved since the extensive river bank fencing has taken place . Imaintain that the muddy tributaries are muddy because they run through clay country and heavy rainwill always flush out the fine clay and the same is seen of the Mangawara at Thupiri which is alwaysbrown with clay running into the Waikato river..Ecol IIf ecoli from livestock discharges are such a problem all our farmers would be sick or worse ,Duringmilking and handling sheep and cattle farmers, their staffand children all seem to survive quite well .

This and other pathogens are a barrier to swimming and this is where the council should be focusingtheir attention Where are these pathogens coming from anp how are they getting into the rivers . Withdairy farm effluent rules and containment I doubt that any quantity of dairy,farm effluent reachesstreams .l maintain that the majority of pathogens entering the river are urban based from sewage andstorm water discharges .Some of the highest readings in the Waikato are below sewage treatmentoutflows and other point source discharges in urban areas. Water sampling is and should be undertakento identifr point source discharges and steps should be taken now to curtail them and not wait forresource consents to expire. .

Sound Science,The river plan has to be underpinned with robust science not lofty unanainable goals .The council hasstated the readings that they are aiming for in 80 years time but are they achievable without shuttingdown farming in the catchment.? The levels of Nitrogen, Phosphorus Clarity and Ecoli. as set outcould well be impossible to achieve and scientists and economists should have a vigorous debate on

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whether they are attainable without destroying the regions economy .The first part of the plan is for l0years ,What happens after that .lf the rivers are still muddy during heavy rain and the nitrogen levelsare climbing in l0 years time what is the next stage. The council have to have a road map of how theyare going to achieve their goals The whole 80 year plan has to be presented to the ratepayers before itis implemented . .You cannot start something without a clear plan of how you are going to achieve anoutcome .None of us will be here in 80 years time .lf your response is "we can't see into the future"then you should not be attempting an 80 year project...More forestry will be a good solution on steep marginal land but the council has to give.a guaranteethat all steep blocks will be able to be harvested in the future No one wants to retire land from farmingand spend money and time planting and pruning trees to be.told 25 years later that the land cannot beharvested because offear oferosion and debris .

Stream FencingThe plan will restrict agricultural production and be extremely costly for a lot of farmers on hillcountry to fence offstreams for very little gain when measured in the lower Waikato river.Farmersneed guarantees that once they have fenced drains or strearns that the council will not alter theregulations and demand wider margins ie I meter to 3 meters and then sometime in the future demand5 meter margins I

Bureaucracy.There is far to much Bureaucracy with this plan 'Every farm has to have a plan and submit facts andfigures to the council .Awhole new department will be set up at a great cost and what will be thd gain ?All facts will have to be chticked by an anny of managers when that expense could be far better spentout on the land fencing and stream margin planting .We do not want any more personnel employed atthe Waikato Regional Council as it becomes a self serving organization and has grown rapidly over thelast 30 years and this plan will increase costs for little gain .We are heading into a bureaucraticnightnare were farmers will be controlled by bureaucrats who will be telling farmers what they can andcannot do on their own land .We are rapidly approaching the European model where there is onebureaucrat overseeing agricultire to every farmer,We don't want this and we don't need this and thecouncil has to look very carefully at this plan and how they intend to implement it.Farmers in Britainand Europe get subsidies for all manner of environmental projects and if a scheme like this was thoughtup it would cost millions from central government to go towards implementing it but with this schemeyou are expecting farmers to not only pay to comply but you are going to restict what farmers may dowith their own land and how they farm .

Graham Anderson27 Blackett roadOtorohanga