Otago Regional Council

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2013/14 Draft Annual Plan	Find your rates
Water Info - latest river & rainfall data	Paying your rates
Natural Hazards database	Job vacancies
Land Info - soil moisture monitoring	Otago Water Plan
Air Info - latest air pollution readings	Council agendas
Forms	Events calendar
Otago CDEM Website	Clean Heat Clean Air Warm Home assistance programme
Otago recreational water quality results 2012/2013

Latest newsletters/publications

May 2013 Airzone newsletter
Published monthly through winter, Airzone focuses mainly on Central Otago. It provides information about air quality and useful stories to help people stay warm, and do their bit to reduce air pollution.
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May 2013 Otago Climate and Pasture Update
Provides a monthly summary of climate, river flow and rainfall information in Otago.
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May Leaders' Brief
In this issue: ORC collaborating with other South Island councils; Council endorses Lower Waitaki management principles; Natural hazards input to District Plan; Air quality teams meet.
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Winter 2013 Otagowide Magazine
In this issue: Winter fires and air pollution; What is PM10?; Health effects of air pollution cannot be underestimated; ORC Monitoring: Keeping an eye on air quality; Otago Air Plan Rules; The ORC Clean Heat Clean Air programme packages, and much more.
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Alerts

Friday 24 May 8.53am.

Flood Info: River levels remain high. For updates: http://water.orc.govt.nz/waterinfo/

Latest News

24 May 2013 - Regional Services Poison Warning
22 May 2013 - Regional Services Poison Warning
21 May 2013 - Major South Island civil defence exercise to use earthquake scenario
21 May 2013 - Inaugural field day to be held for Lake Tuakitoto catchment programme
16 May 2013 - ORC issues warning about uncontrolled outdoor burning

What's Happening

Have your say

PLANS AND STRATEGIES

Proposed Plan Change 6A
ORC has released its decisions on proposed Plan Change 6A to the Otago Water Plan. Every person making a submission has the right of appeal to the Environment Court. Appeals close at 5pm on Tuesday 4 June 2013.
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PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

We welcome your input on plans and strategies under development before they reach the final submission stage.
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RESOURCE CONSENTS

There are currently no applications open for submission.
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Upcoming events

29/05/13: Lake Tuakitoto field day
ORC staff will share results of water quality monitoring in the Lake Tuakitoto catchment.
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11/06/13: Cardrona minimum flow meeting
Discuss with ORC staff different options for the management of the Cardrona’s water resources.
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Stock transfers
Effluent spillage can be dangerous to road users. Keep the muck off Otago's roads.
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Twitter flood alert service
ORC flood alerts are now available from your cellphone.
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Contact us

	Call us: 03 474 0827 Toll Free: 0800 474 082 Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm or Fax +64 3 479 0015		Office locations Email us
	Pollution Hotline 0800 800 033 Use the pollution hotline to report incidents of pollution to air, land or water.
	River flow Information 0800 426 463 Otago river, lake, rainfall, and weather warning information