tributaries which have a history of major floods. Environmental Science, While the scope of Services monitoring science and investigations is investigations largely discretionary, the demands of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and potentially the WWUP will be substantial and spread over many years. An effective combination of and contracted expertise is needed across a range of water, land, air and biological disciplines. Risks: enduring institutional science capability will be difficult to maintain in a relatively small WUA. Some form of shared-service provision (with other Regional councils) may be needed to address this. Environmental Plant and No Example Services animal pest provided, but see management comments above in this report on biosecurity issues Environmental Biodiversity No Example Services protection provided Information office” All council “Back systems support environmental and across all regulatory services activities need back office support. Councils are increasingly looking at collaborative initiatives to
tributaries which have a history of major floods. Environmental Services Science, monitoring and investigations While the scope of science investigations is largely discretionary, the demands of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and potentially the WWUP will be substantial and spread over many years. An effective combination of and contracted expertise is needed across a range of water, land, air and biological disciplines. Risks: enduring institutional science capability will be difficult to maintain in a relatively small WUA. Some form of shared-service provision (with other Regional councils) may be needed to address this. Environmental Services Plant and animal pest management No Example provided, but see comments above in this report on biosecurity issues Environmental Services Biodiversity protection No Example provided Information systems “Back office” support across all activities All council environmental and regulatory services need back office support. Councils are increasingly looking at collaborative initiatives to