10 May 2021

Canterbury freshwater anglers unhappy with river nitrate levels

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 10 May 2021

The Canterbury Regional Council is being accused of creating a monster that it can no longer control when it comes to degraded water quality in the region.

That from the Federation of Freshwater Anglers which has been testing the Selwyn River and found polluting nitrates have increased by up to 50 percent in just 22 months.

Conan Young reports.