the Company’s DWI activities were being carried out in
compliance with the conditions of the applicable resource consents. There is no evidence of
any issues with any injection well currently in use, or the 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
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, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d.
plant or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaint in relation to
the Company’s activities was registered by the Council.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and
administrative performance.
For reference, in the 2014-2015 year, 75% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental
performance and compliance with their consents, while another 22% demonstrated a
Kaimiro field, via the K-17 (14,776 m3) and K-10 (1,207m3) injection wells.
The volumes of fluid discharged, and the pressure at which it was injected into the receiving
formations, were within the limits specified in the respective resource consents.
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The information gathered during inspection visits and the data supplied by the consent
holder for Council audit have been used in compiling this report.
The Council did not receive any complaints or register any
accordance with the Auditor-General's Auditing
Standards, which incorporate the Professional and Ethical Standards and the
International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand) issued by the New
Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.
Other than in our capacity as auditor, we have no relationship with, or
interests in the Regional Council.
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David MacLeod, Chairman
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monitoring year, with most
commencing irrigation in November or December and concluding in February. Rainfall recorded at the
Council’s monitoring locations over the summer irrigation period ranged between 55 % and 111% of
historical mean values. A particularly dry November and December lead to a drought being declared in
Taranaki during 23 December 2017. As a result, irrigation water demand was high during the 2017-2018
irrigation season, with a total water use across all exercised irrigation
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conditions setting out the requirements that the Company must satisfy in order to minimise
risk of damage to the environment or overuse of resources. Consent 0822-1 expired during the
monitoring period (12 March 2012) and was renewed as 0822-2 on 29 November 2012 with a
number of changes to the conditions. Consent 3400-2 was varied on 18 June 2012 to include a
condition allowing an increase in the use of the chemical ‘Spectrus CT1300’ to control
Legionella bacteria outbreaks. The
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Activity 15: River safety 25
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Mathematics and Statistics
Flow measurements
volume
averages
counting invertebrates averages
Estimation
Percentages
Technology
Technological Practice
Measuring flow and turbidity
Conductivity Measurement
Science
The living world - life cycles
- ecosystems
- invertebrate sampling
The physical world - temperature
- measuring flow
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report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The Resource Management Act 1991 (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
use, or the 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 Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance