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WATER, MULTI-PURPOSE PLANNING

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WATER, MULTI-PURPOSE PLANNING

In New Zealand most people have grown up with the idea that water is in plenty for their needs and that the excess is a nuisance which must be hurried to the sea as quickly as possible. As, however, the population increases, industry expands, and farming and forestry enter new phases of development, the many and varied calls upon available water supplies become urgent, and careful multi-purpose planning is required if conflict and waste are to be avoided. In common with other progressive countries, New Zealand has come to realise that the water with which it is so richly endowed is a priceless asset to be controlled and used to the best advantage.

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Norman Hargrave Taylor, O.B.E., formerly Director, Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lower Hutt.