Performance Targets

Continue to implement and improve a prioritized State of the Environment (SOE) monitoring programme and monitor compliance with, and the effects of, the exercise of resource consents and Regional Plans by:

· Operating a region-wide water quality network for the measurement, recording and reporting of river, lake and groundwater quality trends - ACHIEVED

· Water Quality, weed and algae monitoring of Lake Omapere and associated community liaison and advice, including the ongoing development and co-ordination of a lake catchment management plan - ACHIEVED

· Reporting to the Council annually on environmental monitoring activities within three months of the end of the financial year – PARTIALLY ACHIEVED

· Making the results from the annual SOE monitoring programmes available on the Council's website at www.nrc.govt.nz/soe - ACHIEVED