weekly reports which detail the Nitrogen loading
status across each paddock were implemented. The Company has been contacted to investigate and explain
the exceedances. The Council monitors environmental effects of wastewater irrigation to land. No significant
adverse effects were detected in surface water sites or groundwater bores during the monitoring year under
review.
During the 2023/24 monitoring year, Council sampling recorded one minor exceedance above the
recommended drinking water
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desirable that specific faecal coliform testing is added to the Company’s suite of analytes as total coliforms
incorporate species which would naturally be present in the environment, and which may not necessarily be
linked to the irrigation of wastewater.
There were no issues found in relation to the discharges to air from either the plant site or the irrigation
activities.
For reference, in the 2023/24 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants,
Risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery are key Council duties relating to hazards.
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