Compliance forms

Bore construction

• Bore construction report (Online form)
• Bore construction report (PDF, 630KB)

Coastal permits

• Form - Commercial Surface Water Activity Log (PDF, 22.4KB)

Discharge permit - dairy effluent

• Person in charge of effluent system
• Travelling Irrigators measuring application depth, intensity and nutrient loading (PDF, 848.4KB)

Forestry

Plantation forestry operators are required to submit written notices and plans for afforestation, earthworks, river crossings, forest quarrying, harvesting, replanting wilding species and slash traps. Read more here.

• Written Notice - NES-PF (PDF, 414KB)
• Written Notice - NES-PF (Online form)

Gravel

Form - Gravel Monthly Return (PDF, 101KB)

Nitrogen fertiliser use

• Form - submit your synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use (Online form)

Water permits

• Enter meter readings for groundwater or surface water takes
• Person in charge of water permit / irrigation system

More forms

• Form - ES1 - Piped takes, water meter, datalogger installation/commissioning and verification (PDF, 4.3MB)
• Form - ES2 - Open channel water measuring device installation (PDF, 227.1KB)
• Form - Irrigation Water Take - Daily Meter Readings (PDF, 622.2KB)
• Form - Irrigation Water Take - Start of Season Monitoring (PDF, 623.3KB)

More information

• Read our factsheet for tips on how to protect the quality of your water supply.
• Click here to learn more about Southland's groundwater
• Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010
• Measuring and reporting of water takes - MfE factsheet