Web Post: ELI has successfully overturned the granting of a nitrogen discharge consent to a major irrigation scheme
"ECan’s role is to protect the quality of water, including through managing land use and associated discharges. ELI’s win in this case raises serious questions about how ECan makes consent decisions relating to freshwater pollution. ELI will be looking at other consents, both in Canterbury and around the country to check whether they have also breached the clear prohibition in s 107 of the RMA. We call on ECan to immediately review its discharge consents as a matter of urgency. “
