Otago Regional Council is hosting a series of public discussion sessions throughout Otago on the development of a plan change, which is designed to provide certainty and flexibility when residual flows are set on surface water permits.

The ORC director of policy, planning, and resource management Fraser McRae says the ORC has listened to public feedback, and is hosting sessions around the region to provide clarity about the purpose of developing this plan change and who may be affected.

The ten sessions begin in Tapanui at the West Otago Community Centre on Friday August the 4th, and conclude in Middlemarch on Friday August the 11th.