Required Work 23
System Failure 13 List of Suitable Plants 24
The Do’s and Don’ts 16
Your On-Site Effluent Treatment and Disposal System
If you live in the country or in a small rural town, the wastewater from your
toilet, shower and kitchen probably drains into an on-site treatment system and is
then disposed of into the ground somewhere in your backyard.
Household wastewater (domestic effluent) can contain a mixture of human
faeces, food particles, soaps and other cleaning
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TARANAKI
Term 2 JUNE 2020
Hooray for the new normal!
With thanks to addi�onal funding support from TRC and the
TSB Community Trust, Richard Carr has joined us from Rahotu
School and we're really excited about the skills, talent,
connec�ons and laughter he will add. (See more from Richard
on next page.) We also have Sue Rine with us un�l the end of
July for some fun ac�on in the environment. Esther Ward-
Campbell and myself you'll already know, or will meet over �me
if
ecology, geomorphology, geology,
geography, hydrology and policy as well as
having local knowledge and familiarity with
the Taranaki coastal environment.
The following areas have been identified as
having outstanding natural character (ONC)
and/or as an outstanding natural feature and
landscape (ONFL) through this study.
ID
Area of outstanding natural
character
New or
existing area
ONC 1 Parininihi New
ONC 2 Mimi Estuary Existing
ONC 3
Paritutu, Ngā Motu (Sugar Loaf
ecology, geomorphology, geology,
geography, hydrology and policy as well as
having local knowledge and familiarity with
the Taranaki coastal environment.
The following areas have been identified as
having outstanding natural character (ONC)
and/or as an outstanding natural feature and
landscape (ONFL) through this study.
ID
Area of outstanding natural
character
New or
existing area
ONC 1 Parininihi New
ONC 2 Mimi Estuary Existing
ONC 3
Paritutu, Ngā Motu (Sugar Loaf
Until May 2014, the site was known as Riverlands Eltham. The plant has an
associated wastewater treatment system from which treated effluent is disposed of either to land or to the
river. This report covers the Company’s processing season from October 2017 to September 2018 and
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess
the Company’s environmental performance during the period under review. The report also details the
results of the
2019-2020 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 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-
consents 7557-1 and 7558-1
to discharge emissions to air from flaring at this site, and consent 7932-1 to discharge
contaminants in association with hydraulic fracturing.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the period under review included 11 inspections of
the site and surrounding environment. Samples were collected for physicochemical analysis.
No bio-monitoring surveys of receiving waters or ambient air quality analyses were carried
out. In each case, inspections found further specific
physicochemical analysis, two bio-monitoring surveys of
receiving waters, and two ambient air quality analyses.
The monitoring showed that site was managed in a proactive and acceptable manner; this was
detailed by the Council’s Inspectorate Officer. Bio-monitoring of the Kapuni Stream also
indicated the stream had little or no measurable adverse effects as a result of the discharges of
storm water from the Site, with the health of the stream rated as ‘good’ to ‘better than
expected’. The
uncommon in Taranaki. Lakes provide
important habitat for coastal birds including migratory birds.Also
provides core habitat for Australasian bittern and little black shag,
and other indigenous birds
Sustainability Positive Recently replanted regenerating vegetation. Key ecological
processes still influence the site. Under appropriate management it
can remain resilient to existing or potential threats
Management threats and response
Potential and actual threats to the sustainability
end of
the report.
1.1.3 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.