This feature class identifies the surface
community drinking abstraction sites to
which policies and rules in the Plan apply in order to give effect to the The
National Environmental Standard (NES) for Sources of Human Drinking Water
(2007).
The NES for Sources of Human Drinking Water (2007) directs
regional councils to consider the potential impacts of land use activities on
community drinking water supplies.
This layer is a companion to the feature class Surface Drinking Water Protection Areas.