Cultural considerations

Protecting the mauri of the waterbody requires:

(mauri: meaning the life force which all objects contain)

Protecting the integrity and cultural uses of lakes, rivers and wetlands by preventing unnatural mixing of waters from different sources;
Preventing the direct discharge of contaminants to water, in particular the discharge of human waste water;
Requiring the discharge of water from agricultural and industrial waste water to pass through land before it enters a river, lake or wetland; and
Encouraging the restoration of wetlands and riparian margins because of their ability to trap and remove some types of pollutants.