Our rivers aren’t waste removal systems
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 3:15 pm – Posted by Mike Joy | 2 Comments
Freshwater quality in New Zealand has reached crisis point.
Decades of treating our rivers as convenient waste removal systems is now coming back to haunt us.
New Zealand lakes, rivers and streams have experienced and continue to experience exponential increases in pressure from farming intensification, residential subdivision, wastewater discharges, water abstraction, erosion from bad land management and a multitude of other impacts.