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 Act 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 a discharger, and may include cultural and
UNIFORM ANNUAL GENERAL CHARGE The Council proposes a uniform annual general charge of $60.95 (GST inclusive) on all separately used or inhabited parts of a rating unit in the region to produce $3,262,654 (GST inclusive). Separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP): A SUIP is defined as a separately used or occupied part of a rating unit and includes any part of a rating unit that is used or occupied by any person, other than the ratepayer, having
consents to allow it to take and use water, five consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara, Mangaotea, and Mako streams, one consent to discharge wastes to land around Lake Ratapiko and four land use permits for bed disturbance and structures in the Manganui River, Mangaotea Stream and Lake Ratapiko. Seven additional consents allow Trustpower to abstract water, and construct and maintain structures in the Mangaotea Stream. Most of these consents were granted during the 2005-2006
discharge storm water and treated production water into tributaries of the Patea or Waingongoro rivers. Provisions within the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki (2001) also apply. The Council’s monitoring programme for the investigation under review included inspections and 8 water samples representative of groundwater quality in the locality collected for physicochemical analysis. A comprehensive suite of parameters were analysed. The monitoring showed that there was no evidence of
investigation conducted at the site to confirm that there was no significant environmental or health risk from naturally occurring radioactivity relating to wastes disposed of at the site. This investigation indicated environmental/health effects were negligible, as concentrations of radioactivity were less than encountered in ‘normal’ (background) environmental conditions elsewhere. During the year, the Company demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and compliance with the resource
consumers and decomposers. Achievement Objective Level 6 Number 1 Investigate and describe examples of different types of helpful and harmful micro- organisms. Achievement Objective Level 7 Number 4 Research and develop a defensible position about a selected issue affecting the New Zealand environment. Making Sense of the Material World Achievement Objective Level 3 Number 4 Research the use and purpose of technology in the disposal, or recycling, of some common materials.
fracturing fluids, and fluids returning to the wellhead post-fracturing, were also obtained for physicochemical analysis in order to characterise the discharges and to determine compliance with consent conditions. The monitoring carried out by the Council indicates that the hydraulic fracturing activities undertaken by STOS had no significant adverse effects on local groundwater or surface water resources. There were no unauthorised incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource
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) natural and physical
page Wetlands Taranaki Regional Council 1 February 2008 To the teacher Wetlands This unit of work focuses on wetlands and can be adapted to be used with pond studies, marshes, swamps or even boggy areas within paddocks. It aims to give children awareness, knowledge, skills and values to take responsibility for this important part of the environment. The information within the unit is aimed at Levels 3 and 4 but can be adapted to suit all class
the environment. Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2015-2016 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