- Resource Consent Administration – Council regulates those activities which may harm our environment. Consents are monitored to ensure conditions are adhered to.
- Pollution Control – the Council responds to pollution complaints throughout the region and to accidental spills that might affect our rivers, lakes or coastal environment.
- Resource Monitoring – Council staff gather and analyse data on water quality, water quantity, groundwater and air quality.
- Policy Development – Policies, plans, guidelines, strategies and rules are prepared to assist in the management of the West Coast's natural resources.
- Land Transport – the Council administers the total mobility scheme, maintains a register of passenger services on the coast, and prepares a Regional Land Transport Strategy every three years.
- Pest Plant Control - The Council facilitates the control of certain pest plants in order to minimise their effects.
- Flood Management – the Council maintains flood banks and flood warning systems around the West Coast, to protect people and property.
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