[2018] NZEnvC 163 Horowhenua District Council v Manawatu Whanganui Regional Council [pdf, 5.8 MB]
...to the granting of consents for the intensive farming activities: (a) Disposal to land is to all intents and purposes the only option available to the Council if it is to meet the directive provisions of Policy 5-11 of the One Plan. Policy 5-11 (Human sewage discharges) provides that: Notwithstanding other policies in this chapter: (a) before entering a surface water body all new discharges of treated human sewage must: (i) be applied onto or into land, or (ii) flow overland, or...