continually
monitored and reported on annually, as consents have not yet expired or been surrendered.
This report for the period July 2013-June 2014 describes the monitoring programmes
implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council to assess Origin Energy’s environmental
performance during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of
Origin Energy’s activities.
In the 2012-2013 year, Origin Energy Resources NZ Ltd achieved a high level of
environmental performance in
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
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.
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
While the State of the Environment Report 2015 considers environmental trends and changes over the past
five to 20 years or more, its fundamental purpose is to provide an outlook to the future. Collating and
analysing the large amount of data we collect in our daily work, and identifying trends in each aspect of
the environment, help us answer questions about:
the state of our natural and physical resources and the direction each aspect of the environment
is heading
the
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
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Wetlands
Taranaki Regional Council
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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