BTW Facility
Management Plan-
Appendix 6.
. Event recorded on weekly diary including
o Date and time
o Rainfall volume (from weather station)
o What happened
o What caused it
o What was done to rectify the problem
o What has been done to stop it happening again
o Who at TRC was notified
The Taranaki Regional Council will be requested to include Remediation (NZ) Ltd on
their "heavy rainfall alert" list.
Further information on actions to take in the event of a spill are included
in
above the respective historical medians
for the freshwater sites, but below the MfE ‘Action’ level for freshwater. Enterococci counts at both coastal
sampling sites were below the MfE ‘Surveillance’ levels for marine waters and similar to historical medians.
During the 2021-2022 monitoring period the Urenui Beach Camp exceeded the consent limit of 85 m3/day
on 78 days following periods of high rainfall and/or dates of higher occupancy. NPDC remains under
Abatement Notice EAC-23206 for exceeding
inspection and 27 mm of rainfall had been recorded over the previous week at the
Brooklands Zoo weather station. Pond SV8000 contained 900 m3 of stormwater, while SV9000 was full at
275 m3 and had overtopped into SV9100. The ponds had a clear appearance with some wind-blown pollen
with no sheen or odours noted. The incinerator was still offline, but was expected to be recommissioned in
October. Site housekeeping was excellent. All roadways and stormwater catchments were clean.
5 November 2020 …
receiving waters in the Herekawe Stream.
Scheduled inspections were carried out on 27 September and 4 December 2019, and 25 February and 5
June 2020.
Notes from these visits are summarised below. Records of production and incinerator operation were
inspected and found to be satisfactory.
27 September 2019
The weather was fine with strong westerly winds. Rainfall of 36 mm had been recorded over the previous
week at the Brooklands Zoo monitoring station. Stormwater pond SV8000 contained …
factors, combined with the sandy
substrate and low rainfall at the beach would be restricting the production of leachate from the green
waste. It is therefore considered that, so long as STDC continues to monitor for and remove exposed
unacceptable material from the coastline, the environmental effects from the activities at the site are likely
to be no more than minor.
3.3 Evaluation of performance
A tabular summary of the consent holder’s compliance record for the year under review is set
previous two years for comparison 41
Figure 32 Estimated monthly mass of nitrogen irrigated 42
Figure 33 Monthly rainfall totals and median soil moistures 42
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Figure 34 Estimated monthly mass of phosphorus irrigated 42
Figure 35 Paddock numbering, Farm 1 46
Figure 36 Paddock numbering, Farms 2 and 3 47
Figure 37 Total nitrogen concentration of soil samples taken from the Company’s irrigation areas, June
2021 49
Figure 38 Olsen phosphorus of soil
Quarterly Operational Report March 2021
in the Taranaki region. The highest median enterococci count was
recorded at Ohawe (40 enterococci cfu/100 ml). Median enterococci counts at all other beaches
were equal to or less than 9 cfu/100 ml. Out of the 217 samples collected for both SEM and for
additional monitoring purposes, 95% were below the Alert level. Of the few samples which
entered the Alert and Action guideline category (5%), the vast majority (9 out of 11) had been
influenced by rainfall and/or freshwater.
The
likely to be contaminated. In these circumstances, sampling is to be undertaken
again within 24 hours to see if the situation is continuing. If the second result is also above
280 then ‘Action’ mode is triggered. That is, it is when there are two consecutive samples
above 280 enterococci per 100 ml that it is considered public health is potentially
compromised. This involves notifying the Taranaki District Health Board. As discussed
below, high flows in streams and rivers following rainfall
periphyton
proliferate. In particular, the duration of low, warm, and slow flows in the presence of strong
sunlight is a controlling factor. An independent national study found that the Taranaki region
is essentially the least susceptible region in New Zealand for excessive periphyton to occur,
because of the frequency of rainfall events even during summer (this is not about total rainfall,
but the return interval between the rainfall events that result in flushing effects in rivers). This