Chapter 26 - General Rules 26.0 General Rules Having Application in All Zones, Rivers, Riverbeds and Lakes The following activities shall be permitted without a resource consent where together with any relevant definition they conform to the conditions of Permitted Activities : 26.1 Rules Relating to Fresh Water 26.1.1 Taking and Use of Water 26.1.1.1 Permitted Activities The taking or use by any person of up to 15m³ per day of freshwater from a groundwater body not directly hydraulically linked to a surface waterbody in respect of any activity provided for in the Plan is a Permitted Activity. The taking or use of water for an individuals reasonable domestic needs, or the reasonable needs of an individual’s animals for drinking, from any naturally occurring surface waterbody, is a Permitted Activity. 26.1.1.2 Controlled Activities Application may be made for a resource consent for a Controlled Activity for short term taking and use of surfacewater from the Rai, Pelorus, Kaituna rivers and their tributaries. 26.1.1.2.1 Standards and Terms a) Surfacewater is only taken between 1 October and 1 May of the following year. b) Water meters or other approved methods of determining rate of abstratction are fitted at the abstraction point. c) The permit will be for a term of no more than 8 months. d) A total for all takes under this rule of no more than 15% of the five year seven day low flow will be allocated. e) At no time shall the abstraction of surfacewater cause the instream flow of the Rai, Pelorus, Kaituna rivers and their tributaries to fall below the ten year seven day low flow. 26.1.1.2.2 Matters Over Which Council Will Exercise Control The Council reserves control over and may impose conditions with respect to: a) Permit volumes and maximum rate of take. b) The uses of the water that is taken. 26 - 1