Boffa Miskell Ltd | Waihi North Project | Landscape and Visual Effects o) concentrations of contaminants leaching from land use activities and non-point source discharges to shallow ground water and surface waters do not reach levels that present significant risks to human health or aquatic ecosystems p) that the positive effects of water resource use activities and associated existing lawfully established infrastructure are recognised, whilst avoiding, remedying or mitigating adverse effects on the environment. 3.2 Management of Water Resources Policy 3: Natural Character Recognise, and where relevant provide for, the following characteristics when considering the preservation of the natural character of lakes and rivers and their margins and the protection of them from inappropriate use and development: a) Diversity and composition of aquatic and riparian habitat. b) Topography and physical composition of river and lake beds and the course of the river. c) The natural flow characteristics and hydraulic processes (such as sediment transport) of rivers and streams or the pattern and range of water level fluctuations that occur naturally in rivers and lakes. d) Any significant natural features of the lakes and rivers and their margins 4.2.2 Objective The use, erection, reconstruction, placement, alteration, extension, removal or demolition of structures in, on, under or over the beds of rivers and lakes managed in a manner that: 4) preserves the natural character of river and lake beds and their margins and protects them from inappropriate use and development Policy 1: Enable Low Impact Structures Enable through permitted activity rules the use, erection, reconstruction, placement, alteration, extension, removal or demolition of structures, in, on, under or over the beds of rivers or lakes which: d) do not adversely affect the natural character of river and lake beds (including caves) Policy 2: Management of Structures Control through resource consents the use, erection, reconstruction, placement, alteration, extension, removal and demolition of those structures in, on, under or over river and lake beds that: e) may cause significant adverse effects on the natural character of river and lake beds (including caves) Policy 5: Natural Character Recognise and, where relevant, provide for the following characteristics when considering the preservation of the natural character of river and lake beds and their margins and the protection of them from the inappropriate use, erection, reconstruction, placement, extension, removal or demolition of structures in, on, under or over river and lake beds: a. Diversity and composition of aquatic and riparian habitat. b. Topography and physical composition of river and lake beds and the course of the river.
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