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  • Regional Freshwater Plan
    • Regional Freshwater Plan - regional rules
      • Rules about discharges to fresh water
      • Rules about taking, using, damming and diverting fresh water
        • Rule 7 Minor abstractions
        • Rule 8 Damming and diversion of water by existing structures
        • Rule 9 Minor diversion of water from an intermittently flowing stream
        • Rule 9A Diversion of water from an artificial watercourse
        • Rule 9B Diversion of groundwater
        • Rule 10 Shallow drilling (restricted)
        • Rule 11 Shallow drilling(unrestricted)
        • Rule 12 Bore/well construction
        • Rule 13 Bore/well construction below fivemetres in the Lower Hutt Groundwater Zone
        • Rule 14 Bore/well construction in theWairarapa constituency of the Region
        • Rule 15 Bore/well construction
        • Rule 16 Taking, use, damming or diversionof water, or the transfer to another site of any water permit to take or use water
        • Rule 17 Damming water in rivers with a high degree of natural character
        • Rule 18 Diverting water from wetlands with a high degree of natural character
        • Rule 19 Taking more than 32.85 million cubic metres per year water from the Lower Hutt Groundwater Zone
        • Rule 20 Minimum operating level for the Lower Hutt Groundwater Zone
        • Rule 21 Minimum operating level for the Moroa Groundwater Zone
      • Rules about activities in the beds of lakes and rivers
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