Performance Targets

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

• Monitoring and reporting on summer coastal and freshwater bathing water quality and water quality for the collection of shellfish – ACHIEVED
• Annual median compliance of 20 representative bathing sites to be more than 95% compliant with the Ministry of Environment Guidelines – ACHIEVED
• Report the results from the SoE monitoring programmes in the annual monitoring report and make available on the Council's website at www.nrc.govt.nz/soe by 31 October - NOT ACHIEVED (loaded 6 weeks late)