Our Incident
and Response Team respond to reports of unlawful activities that impact our environment.
Phone
03 520 7400 or email compliance@marlborough.govt.nz
Contact us about:
- Water pollution: discharges to streams, rivers, lakes, aquifers and the coastal marine area
- Land pollution: dumping and spills that contaminate land
- Land use: commercial, 2nd dwellings
- Air pollution: dust, odours and smoke from outdoor fires. This includes burning hazardous materials like plastic, treated timber and metal.
- Taking water: from groundwater (boreholes), surface water, and draining wetlands
- River works: channel or river mouth cutting, removing vegetation, diversions, excavations, gravel extractions, deposition and disturbance
- Earthworks: large-scale vegetation clearance, earth moving, tracking, cutting and filling
- Buildings and structures: in waterways and the coastal marine area construction, demolition and maintenance
- Unreasonable noise e.g. construction, frost fans
- Animals in rivers, streams or the coastal marine area: discharges, disturbance, carcasses
- Hazardous substances: discharges into water or onto land
- Bylaw breaches: nuisance, animals
Environmental incidents are assessed according to their risk level and the urgency of their impacts. Those that present a serious threat to the environment or public safety are addressed first. Our team aims to respond promptly, ideally right away, and always within 24 hours of receiving a report. For lower-priority incidents, the response time varies based on the associated risk. However, we ensure every incident is addressed and documented, regardless of its priority status.
