B-5 – Area 5 - Assessment of Environmental Effects 162 7.6.1.2 Management of water resources The management outcomes sought for all waterbodies within the region are described in Objective 3.1.2 and associated policies. The key themes arising from this objective include ensuring that waterbodies are managed to: enable people to take and use water for their social, economic and cultural wellbeing;94 achieve a net improvement of water quality across the region;95 avoid significant adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems;96 enhance, where practicable and justified by the ecological benefits, the characteristics of flow regimes;97 maintain or enhance the range of uses of water reliant on the characteristics of flow regimes;98 protect the range of reasonably foreseeable uses of ground water and surface water;99 minimise the inefficient use of the available ground surface water resources;100 increase the extent and quality of the Region’s wetlands;101 meet the purpose and values for which the water body is being managed;102 protect and preserve the natural character of wetlands and rivers and their margins from inappropriate use and development;103 maintain or enhance ground water quality and ensure ground water takes are managed to ensure sustainable yield;104 with respect to groundwater takes, do not adversely affect the values of potentially affected surface water bodies;105 94 Objective 3.1.2(a), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 95 Objective 3.1.2(b), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 96 Objective 3.1.2(c), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 97 Objective 3.1.2(d), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 98 Objective 3.1.2(e), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 99 Objective 3.1.2(f), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 100 Objective 3.1.2(g), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 101 Objective 3.1.2(h), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 102 Objective 3.1.2(k), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 103 Objective 3.1.2(l), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 104 Objective 3.1.2(m), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan. 105 Objective 3.1.2(n), Section 3.1, Waikato Regional Plan.
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