Coutts on the putting green as council backs water application

Coutts on the putting green as council backs water application
Russell Coutts is within sight of the hole in his bid for a new water take near Arrowtown.
Paul McBeth
Champion sailor Russell Coutts has avoided the rough in the penultimate round before next month’s hearing on whether his family’s application for a new water take will get the green light.The Otago Regional Council has recommended an application by the Coutts family's BSTGT, the trustee of Barley Station Glencoe Trust, to renew its water permits from two creeks on the Crown Terrace above Arrowtown and amalgamate its four permits with the neighbouring McQuilkin family’s take be approved.The neighbouring property owners oppo...

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