They had no idea the shape or size of the water body.

Public water body protection measures should be strengthened to prevent children from drowning.

Extending the buffer even further should have a more positive impact on the local water body.

This distance increases from 5m upwards depending on the type of water body and time of year.

The body can get real banged up, scraping along the bed of the water body during unconsciousness.

This is vital if it is at a water body that does not have lifeguards on duty.

Many criticised the plan, saying the government had weakened the definition of what constituted a swimmable water body.

The definition of a watercourse includes any water body or any drain that eventually leads to a water body.

The requirement in this instance is to move the trough away as far as possible from the water body.

When they multiply they can create blooms that spread across the surface of a water body and discolour it.

Critics have claimed the new standards changed the goalposts and weakened the definition of what constituted a swimmable water body.

However, assessing whether a water body is meeting water quality criteria is made difficult by the high variability of FIB concentrations over time.

Some Havelock North residents say the creation of a national water body will do little to restore their trust in drinking tap water ever again.

She said they were compelling, and it was clear that the Springs are an "incredibly important water body in the eyes of New Zealanders".

Pesticides are being detected in water bodies on an increasingly frequent basis.

Water bodies are often negatively affected by unmediated expansion of surrounding human populations.