the unnamed tributary of the Mangaone Stream.
The results from deposition gauging indicate that there was an environmentally acceptable
level of particulate deposition in the vicinity of the foundry site. No visible emissions or odour
issues were noted during inspections and no complaints were received during the period
under review.
During the year, McKechnie Aluminium Solutions Ltd demonstrated a high level of
environmental performance and a high level of administrative compliance with
The New Plymouth district is expected to experience high population growth.
Housing: In general, all housing indicators show upward trends. The cost of building or buying a
first home in New Plymouth has increased, with housing affordability also on the rise in the short
term.
Rent has continued to increase but the rate of change remains steady, alongside rental
affordability.
Subdivisions: The increase in sub-dividable consents and residential consent applications has …
Significant riparian work and associated fencing had been undertaken during this period, with more
planned in the upcoming monitoring period. A new culvert was installed in the centre of site to give the
Company more operating space, lessen the potential for flooding and to make sure no sawdust or waste
spill over. A new irrigation area was completed this monitoring period and additional groundwater
monitoring bores (4) were installed by the consent holder.
Administration requires additional
Strategy) covers all of the
Council’s biosecurity activities and
programmes, whether statutory or non-
statutory. Most activities undertaken by the
Council are discretionary and regulation is
only a small part of the Council’s overall pest
management response.
The Strategy relates to that part of the
biosecurity system for which the Council has
a mandate to be involved. Other agencies,
such as the Ministry for Primary Industries
and the Department 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,
at nearby contact
recreational beach bathing sites).
The monitoring showed that the WWTP continued to perform to a high standard, with no issues noted in
plant performance or operation during inspection.
As in previous years, the monitoring indicated that the treatment system was treating the municipal
wastewater to the extent that no significant effects were noted in the receiving waters of the Tasman Sea,
and the water quality of nearby popular beach bathing sites remained at a
There is no evidence of
any issues with any injection well currently in use, or the on-going ability of the receiving
formation to accept injected fluids. The results of groundwater quality monitoring undertaken
show no adverse effects of the activity at monitored locations. Inspections undertaken during
the monitoring year found sites being operated in a professional manner and there were no
Unauthorised Incidents in relation to any of the Company’s DWI consents.
During the year, the
the yard stormwater to a soak hole or waterway
between milking. Stormwater must be directed to the farm dairy effluent treatment
system during milking and washdown of the yard. This will ensure that contaminated
stormwater cannot discharge to local waterways.
Clean water from plate coolers should be reused as washdown water.
1.2 Reducing manure
Manage the herd to reduce effluent. Consider the following:
Reduce noise and herd stress - treat the stock gently before
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surveys with the exception
of one manganese result.
The results of biological monitoring indicated that the discharge of treated stormwater and leachate
discharges from the Colson Road landfill site had not had any detrimental effect on the macroinvertebrate
communities of the Manganaha Stream. However, the results in the Puremu Stream and tributary indicate
there may be impacts in this stream. This may be a result of habitat differences between sites, or may result
from landfill discharges.