After initial pilot projects ran last year, freshwater farm plans are expected to be ready for roll out from mid 2023 with a focus on the Waikato, Gisborne and Southland regions first. Freshwater farm plans are part of the government’s Essential Freshwater package and the aim...
DO YOU NEED CONSENT FOR YOUR CULVERT IN A RIVER OR STREAM? National Environmental Standards for Freshwater (NES-F) regulations now apply to a range of structures — including culverts — in New Zealand rivers, streams and connected areas. The regulations have been introduced because many of...
MAINTAINING NATURAL STREAM FLOWS IN INSTREAM STRUCTURES FOR GOOD FISH PASSAGE Fish passage guidelines look complex but this P&F Global white paper outlines the simple concepts you need to follow to design instream structures that comply with regulations. To design an instream structure that complies with regulatory...
EFFECTIVE FARM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL REMOVE EXCESS SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE WATER FROM PADDOCKS WITHIN 24-48 HOURS OF A RAINFALL EVENT Effective farm drainage and the rapid removal of surface flooding and excess sub-surface water helps to: prevent excessive soil water levels protect soil quality eliminate stock...
Farmers often ask the question, ‘do we use PVC culvert or twin-wall HDPE culvert?’ PVC culvert has long been the traditional plastic culvert, used in New Zealand for decades. It has typically been made from a regrind PVC to lower costs. Some quality PVC culvert pipes...
Water quality in New Zealand rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands is under pressure from a range of farming, industry and urban activities. Farmers have already made massive progress in excluding stock from waterways but there is still work to be done to meet the requirements...
HOW TO CARRY OUT REPAIRS OR CONNECTIONS AFTER INSTALLATION Fixing broken PVC pipes can be a difficult job. PVC pipes do not bend, giving you two fixed points with which to try and carry out the repair. There are a few different products you can use...
People often ask what is our top tip to selling culvert pipe? And our answer, gleaned from over 20 years of selling culvert pipe, is still the same. In order to sell culvert pipe, you must first stock that culvert pipe. Sounds pretty simple right? And this...
Thanks to their chemical structure, plastics are capable of resisting the effects of the atmosphere, of water and many other chemicals which corrode metals. For this reason, they are also employed as a corrosion protection coating for metals and are referred to as chemically resistant. Although...
Maybe you have heard of fluming mentioned but are not really sure what it is? The dictionary describes it as: ‘A flume is a human-made channel for water in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast...
