In 2001, Fish and Game New Zealand accused the New
Zealand Dairy Industry of "destroying the
communitys natural water resources" through a
combination of point and diffuse source pollution
and stream habitat modification. The debate that
followed was around conflicting values and use of
rural water resources, who is responsible for
degradation and what should be done. This book
examines aspects of the debate through scientific
and social frameworks using three interrelated
investigations. First, laboratory microcosms are
used to compare dairy shed effluent from different
treatment...