wastewater discharge. Piggery discharge records were checked, and six separate discharges to the Rumkeg Creek had been recorded to date. Because of several unsubstantiated odour complaints received by the Council, the consent holder had installed a weather monitoring station at the piggery. Noted were wind direction (south east), wind speed14.5 km/hour and rainfall volume (77 mm in last 24hrs). page The consent holder has also installed a new solids separator
levels were low. Overall the ponds and system appeared to be well managed. On 20 June 2013 Piggery discharge and receiving water samples were collected after a recent heavy rainfall event throughout the upper Manganui catchment. The Rumkeg Creek staff gauge was reading 0.58m at the time of sampling, equating to a river flow of 5.028 m3/ sec. The piggery discharge flow rate was estimated at 8-10 litres per sec. The piggery manager had only discharged treated effluent wastewater to the
considered necessary to define what the acceptable error is for each relevant consent condition. This discussion between the Council and the Company is ongoing, and it may be determined that it is better to define this error through the consent renewal process, which is anticipated to begin in 2021. In the 2017-2018 period there was only one occasion where such limits were breached. This occurred on 27 July 2017 during a severe weather event. Significant rainfall occurred in the Mangaotea
kōura (freshwater crayfish) were a staple harvest with large numbers of kahawai and pātiki (flounder) also caught on the river mouths along the Taranaki Iwi coastline. Although access to many of the age old fishing spots for piharau has become a challenge, many are still caught in the months of June, July and August by Taranaki Iwi families. Relatively high rainfall up on the mountain quickly drains through these river systems, contributing to high water flows and the swift
Council’s Director- Environment Quality, Gary Bedford. “The coastal sites look even better.” He says that while the word ‘swimmability’ rolls easily off the tongue, the concept is fraught with complications and questions. “A river in full flood and laden with debris after heavy rainfall could never be sensibly regarded as swimmable, no matter what the bacteria levels may be.” He also says it’s important to note that E. coli are simply an indicator of a potential risk
per 100 millilitre of sample F fluoride FC faecal coliforms, an indicator of the possible presence of faecal material and pathological micro-organisms. Usually expressed as colony forming units per 100 millilitre sample Fresh elevated flow in a stream, such as after heavy rainfall g/m3 grams per cubic metre, and equivalent to milligrams per litre (mg/L). In water, this is also equivalent to parts per million (ppm), but the same does not apply to gaseous mixtures incident
creativity with leftovers. Follow the campaign at www.facebook.com/lovefoodhatewastenz. Well worth pond-ering The dry start to 2015, followed by a brief spell of intense rainfall in early February, highlighted the importance of sound dairy effluent management practices. “We’re finding a few common pitfalls that can lead to non-compliance with dairy effluent discharge consent conditions during abnormally dry or wet weather,” says the Taranaki Regional Council’s Compliance
substrate combined with low rainfall at the beach would be restricting the production of leachate from the green waste. 3.3 Evaluation of performance A tabular summary of STDC’s compliance record for the monitoring period under review is set out in Table 1. Table 1 Summary of performance for Consent 6088-3 to discharge green waste onto land for stabilisation purposes Condition requirement Means of monitoring during period under review Compliance achieved? 1. STDC to adopt
rainfall g/m3 grams per cubic metre, and equivalent to milligrams per litre (mg/L). In water, this is also equivalent to parts per million (ppm), but the same does not apply to gaseous mixtures Incident an event that is alleged or is found to have occurred that may have actual or potential environmental consequences or may involve non- compliance with a consent or rule in a regional plan. Registration of an incident by the Council does not automatically mean such an outcome had actually
Usually expressed as the number of colonies per 100 ml Ent Enterococci, an indicator of the possible presence of faecal material and pathological micro-organisms. Usually expressed as the number of colonies per 100 ml F Fluoride FC Faecal coliforms, an indicator of the possible presence of faecal material and pathological micro-organisms. Usually expressed as the number of colonies per 100 ml fresh elevated flow in a stream, such as after heavy rainfall g/m3 grammes per