Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations, 2007. Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Water supply Potable water Water quality standards Authorization/permit Pollution control Freshwater pollution Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force 6 months after the date of their notification in the Gazette. Abstract The purpose of these Regulations is to reduce the risk of contamination of drinking-water sources by requiring regional councils to consider the effects of certain activities on drinking-water sources such as granting water permits for activities that may occur upstream of an abstraction point. Full text English Website rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz References - Legislation Implements Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991). Legislation | New Zealand | 1991 (2022) Keyword: Basic legislation, Effluent waste water/discharge, Soil pollution/quality, Coastal zone management, Protected area, Water conservation zone, Inland waters, Land-use planning, Authorization/permit, Surface water, Groundwater, EIA, Protection of environment, Climate change, Sustainable use, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Freshwater resources management, Thermal and medicinal waters, Waterworks, Pollution control, Sustainable development, Water abstraction, Fertilizers/nutrients, Freshwater pollution, Biodiversity, Traditional rights/customary rights, Ecosystem preservation, Wild fauna, Wild flora Source: FAO, FAOLEX