Human health risks associated with contaminants in Southland waters Technical Report
- Author
- Gadd, J.
- Year
- 2019
- Journal / Source
- NIWA Client Report
- Publisher / Organisation
- National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd
- Number
- 2019320AK
- Pages
- 77
- Summary
- Prepared for Environment Southland The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM, NZ Government 2017) directs regional councils to set objectives for freshwater bodies in their region and set limits on resource use to meet those objectives. Environment Southland will set objectives with the aim to ‘maintain or improve’ waterways for both ecological health and human health values. Human health is affected by pathogenic organisms and toxic contaminants: for the latter there is little information on potential human health risks