Water practice notes

Taking and using water: how-to guide

November 2023

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Practice Note: Technical Advice for Applying for a Consent to Take and Use Water

March 2022

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Practice Note - PC 7 Decisions Version and Processing Options

January 2022

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Practice note for applicants - How PC7 applies to your application

January 2022

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Guidance note - Consents for offline dams and reservoirs

June 2021

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Legal advice for consent processing - Guidance note

March 2022

PDF | 131 KB

Practice Note - Applications to take and use groundwater

March 2022

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FAQs for PC7

December 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions for processing consents to take and use water under Chapter 10A (PC7) of the Regional Plan: Water. Plan Change 7 introduces Chapter 10A to the Regional Plan: Water (RPW).

Practice Note - Supplementary Takes

March 2022

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Practice Note - Stacking of water takes - summary

April 2022

PDF | 129 KB

Practice Note: What is ‘Water’ and What is an ‘Artificial Watercourse’?

October 2022

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This practice note provides an explanation as to what is water when considering activities to take, re take and use water, dam water, divert water or to discharge water or contaminants to water.

Aquifer Test guidelines

June 2023

PDF | 501 KB

Constant discharge test manual data sheet

June 2023

PDF | 154 KB

Step test blank manual data sheet

June 2023

PDF | 148 KB