Impacts of wind

How do wind energy generation activities impact water quality and mahinga kai?

Earthworks associated with the development of roads and turbine sites are potentially the greatest source of impact from wind energy generation activities. These activities potentially include:

• Diverting stormwater away from a construction site - this can potentially increase sediment and nutrients into nearby waterways.
• Diverting and infilling of streams around a construction site.
• Adding instream barriers such as culverts, dams, and weirs used to cross a waterway - this can prevent the natural flow of water and the free movement of mahinga kai upstream and downstream.