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MENTION WATER quality and the topics that spring to mind are run-off, leaching and the state of our lakes and rivers, but for livestock farmers animal health should be up there too, says a Feilding nutritionist.

The attempt by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to impose new and tighter limits on how much nitrogen farmers in the Rotorua Lakes catchment will be allowed to leach is clearly running into trouble.

FONTERRA IS inviting people near four key catchment sites to hear about a new plan to improve water quality.

PROMISING FINDINGS of a Landcare Research sediment report have been delivered to Horizons Regional councillors.

THE GOVERNMENT will reallocate $24 million to a new project that encourages land owners in the Lake Rotorua catchment to switch to low nitrogen land uses or find other ways to reduce the amount of nitrogen polluting the lake water, Environment Minister Amy Adams says.

The fourth funding round of Waikato River clean-up projects will open in July.

SIGNIFICANT WORK is already underway to address water quality issues raised by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, DairyNZ says.

THE DAIRY industry is joining forces with regional councils to tackle water quality.

THE BENEFITS of keeping stock out of waterways with fencing can be boosted by a planted margin, which will help improve water quality. 

I GOT a chance to look through the Great New Zealand Science Project website the other night.