 Irrigation
Sustainability and Environmental Management
In 2005, The Ritso Society embarked on a project to develop a systematic approach for irrigation
schemes in New Zealand to achieve sound on-farm environmental management and demonstrate this to
regulatory authorities and the wider community.
The environmental management system that is presented here takes a pro-active and preventative approach,
to show that irrigation and intensification of land use can be developed using innovative solutions
that both increase economic wealth and maintain high environmental standards.
The Irrigation Scheme Environmental Management System (EMS) Report and the templates, manuals and
worked examples can be downloaded from the Reports page on this site and
may be copied or adapted for use in specific schemes.
Contact us by email if you require further information
This project was funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sustainable Farming Fund, Central Plains
Water Ltd and The Ritso Society.
Other reports prepared as part of this project that can be downloaded from the
Reports page on this site are:
This Irrigation Sustainability Resources database was prepared in 2005, and
contains a bibliography of resources identified for this project. It can be searched by keyword or browsed
by category.
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