cover is linked to a shift of storm tracks southward and dry tropical zones
expanding.
Rainfall: The report covers average rainfall by season, and trends in rainfall within each
season. It also presents information on trends in intense rainfall episodes. The report goes on
to note that climate change modelling suggest there will be an overall pattern of increasing
rainfall in winter and spring down western New Zealand and across the south of the South
Island, with drier conditions to the
Figure 2 Daily hours where DO is greater than 0 g/m3 in Pond 1 and 2 9
Figure 3 Daily discharge volumes (m3/day) from the HWWTP and daily rainfall data (mm) from a
Council rainfall station located approximately 5 km east of the site (2020-2021) 13
Figure 4 Location of intertidal survey sites in relation to the outfall 14
Figure 5 Mean number of species per quadrat for spring surveys (1992-2020) 15
Figure 6 Mean Shannon-Weiner indices per quadrat for spring surveys (1992-2020) 15
relation to best practice irrigation onto high and low risk soils.
1.6 Application Depth
The volume of water applied during irrigation is referred to as the application depth. Farmers will make
reference to the amount of rain in their rain gauge in mm. For example, there was 4 mm of rainfall
yesterday. This relates to the formula 1mm of rain falling on 1 ha equals 10,000 litres. Using the example of
4mm of rainfall, this would equate to 40,000 litres of rain falling on each ha of land.
Agenda Consents Regulatory Committee 15 March 2022
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APPENDIX A MONITORING WELLS- REMEDIATION NEW ZEALAND- URUTI .......... 11
APPENDIX B MONITORING BORE INSTALLATION .................................................... 13
APPENDIX C SOIL MOISTURE AND RAINFALL RECHARGE ON CHLORIDE
CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER ............................................. 15
APPENDIX D PRELIMINARY UNCONFIRMED CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL ............... 1
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Table 2.1:Haehanga Catchment
during the year (four relating to high
rainfall, and one relating to a potable water leak). All of these incidents were deemed compliant with
consent conditions upon further investigation. There were also 19 wastewater incidents that occurred
throughout the wider wastewater network; 12 of which were related to high rainfall that occurred in
November and December in 2020. One incident occurred when a contractor left a pipe plug in the sewer
following maintenance, which resulted in an overflow
at the same four sites
(Waingongoro River at Ohawe, Kaupokonui River at the mouth, and Waiwhakaiho River at the last riffle and
at Merrilands Domain) on a total of 13 surveys. Levels of cyanobacteria were higher than in the previous two
seasons, but lower than the preceding two seasons, probably a reflection of the relative amounts of rainfall
causing freshes that scour streambeds of periphyton.
Timely reporting of the results of bacteriological water quality and
potassium, sulphur,
calcium, magnesium and sodium. This report focuses on the nitrogen loading and losses from the site.
Nitrogen enters the Irrigation Area through the irrigated liquid, rainfall and clover fixation.
Nitrogen leaves the Irrigation Area by being leached below the root zone, by volatilisation and denitrification to
the atmosphere and in the harvested pasture in the form of baleage.
Nitrogen moves between the organic and inorganic pools within the soil. Generally, nitrogen in
generally very good. It is noted that the protocol for sampling has changed in the last couple of
years so that samples are collected irrespective of weather or tide, unlike previously where samples were
collected around high tide in fine weather only. Prolonged and/or heavy rainfall will often result in high
levels of enterococci in the samples as these are washed down flooded streams and rivers from farmland.
This can be exacerbated by a low tide where a sea sample collected from a site near a