Does the Minister agree with the statement in the Waikato Regional Council's submission on the Wastewater Environmental Performance Standards that "enabling municipal wastewater discharges (point-source discharges) to be less restrictive through the Standards will cause inequality.... non-point source discharges in rural communities such as farms will end up bearing the costs of the decline of water quality by consequently needing to have more stringent conditions to cope with the water quality losses."?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister agree with the statement in the Waikato Regional Council's submission on the Wastewater Environmental Performance Standards that "enabling municipal wastewater discharges (point-source discharges) to be less restrictive through the Standards will cause inequality.... non-point source discharges in rural communities such as farms will end up bearing the costs of the decline of water quality by consequently needing to have more stringent conditions to cope with the water quality losses."?