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
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
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
creativity
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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
maintenance of structure
• R2/2708-3.1 Clark Peters Farms Limited – dairy effluent discharge.
2.3 Mr B Pope, Compliance Manager, in response to the question regarding Clark Peters
Farms Limited, advised that every dairy effluent discharge application is assessed on a
case by case basis and there are a number of environmental factors that are looked at
including land area, land size, and rainfall in the area.
2.4 Mr K Holswich, Iwi Representative, noted that the reporting provided by
failure of the pumps and warning alarms. Heavy rain on 15 December 2021
resulted in the Hector Place pump station overflowing to the Tasman Sea for approximately nine hours.
Overflows from Hector Place also occurred on 6 and 13 February 2022 as a result of very heavy rainfall
(Cyclone Dovi).
Environmental effects of exercise of consents
Monitoring of system performance indicated that a high standard of effluent quality was produced by the
oxidation pond and series of two wetlands.
2016-2017 monitoring period. This event
occurred on the 15 February 2017 and was the result of extremely high rainfall and an operational error.
Signage was placed at the affected sites in accordance with the contingency plan. The consent holder
subsequently undertook an internal audit of procedural matters and put in place remedial measures to
prevent a similar recurrence. In particular, monitoring and alarm system operation and response matters
have been re-addressed (STDC, pers comm).
The
augured cores
(approximately 4–8 m below surface). Average annual rainfall for the site is 1043 mm
(taken from the nearby Patea monitoring station).
Origin Energy Ltd’s Kauri D wellsite is situated in the eastern corner of the site, and
there is a small coastal lake inland and to the northeast (up gradient) of the storage pit
area. Both of these features are presented in Figure 1.
A summary of site data is presented below:
Site data
Location
Word descriptor: Lower Manutahi
Taranaki By Products Air and Water Annual Report 2021-2022