The Taranaki region has a temperate climate with generally
abundant rainfall. The incised nature of ring plain streams
means that flooding is not a major problem. However,
occasional intense rainfall events can lead to rapid rises in
river levels and flooding in hill country valleys and
elsewhere.
THE PEOPLE
Figures from the 2013 census show the total population of
Taranaki stands at 109,608, an increase of 5.3% over the
2006 census figure. In the previous census period (2001-
monitoring results from the state of environment
monitoring programmes.
• Maintained quality assurance programmes and information
databases for hydrometric, air quality, physicochemical
freshwater, freshwater biological, and marine biological data.
• Maintained public access to on-line live regional data on
rainfall and bathing beach (coastal and freshwater) water
quality, and included access to river flow and level data,
wind speed and direction data, and soil moisture and
temperature
is remediated, and up until expiry of this consent, the site s a>>must be
sonstrllsted and maintained to ensure that, at all times up to a 10 year annual recurrence
interval rainfall event:
(a) stormwater runoff is prevented from entering Pad 1, Pad 2, Pad 3, the Paunch
Maturation Pond, and any other area used for vermiculture activities; and
(b) all stormwater and/or leachate from Pad 1, Pad 2, Pad 3, the Paunch Maturation Pond,
and any other area used for vermiculture activities s
macroinvertebrate survey was carried out prior to commencement of fracturing the Kowhai-6 well on
26 November 2018. A post-fracturing survey could not be undertaken as the necessary flow conditions1
were not met within the required timeframe.
1 A period of up to 10 days is required between rainfall events to meet the necessary flow conditions to enable a robust survey to
be undertaken.
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2 Results …
Conductivity @ 25°C mS/m@ - - - - - -
Nitrate/nitrite nitrogen g/m³ N - - <0.01 1.89 0.88 3
pH pH - - 6.7 8.5 7.3 27
Temperature Deg.C - - 4.8 18.3 13.7 26
Total nitrogen g/m³ N - - 8.3 12.1 11.3 3
Turbidity NTU - - 1.5 69 3.9 11
Un-ionised ammonia g/m³ - - 0.00005 0.04877 0.00215 16
Zinc Dissolved g/m³ - - <0.005 0.63 0.009 27
* samples not collected as pond was dry
The autumn samples were collected after heavy rainfall in the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 years
This is a direct reflection of the high rainfall experienced over this time. Water
temperatures began to return to normal in March 2017, being similar to the average for the last four
months of the reported period. The highest exceedances were recorded on 20 October 2016 (Egmont
Village (3.3 ˚C), Hydro Road (3.5 ˚C), Rimu Street (3.1 ˚C) (Figure 9).
Figure 7 Water temperature monitoring sites (W1, W5, W7) in the lower Waiwhakaiho
River catchment
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When
Vector Kapuni gas treatment plant consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
Figure 5 Conductivity levels found in surface water at the Central landfill site, 2004-2016
The level of suspended solids also fluctuate over time with a range of <2 to 250 g/m3
recorded over all the sites. The unnamed tributaries on this site are generally small,
clear running, low energy brooks with silty beds, however with increased rainfall the
suspended solids level can rise quite quickly as silt is stirred up from the beds and
edges of the streams, which becomes entrained in the
Hawera in South Taranaki (39°36'S 174°18'E). The research farm, which is located
close to the sea, had an average air temperature of 12.9oC and annual rainfall was
1124mm in the year prior to August 2007. The soil is classified as an Andosol
(Egmont black loam).
The following five treatments were imposed at this site during spring 2002, each in
four replicate 0.1 ha grazing plots, and continued for five years:
1. Fallow - ungrazed and uncut with no fertiliser applied
2. Cut and carry
Lake Rotorangi state of the environment monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.