Council indicates that the hydraulic fracturing activities undertaken by STOS had no adverse effects on local groundwater or surface water resources. page There were no Unauthorised Incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource consents, or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review. STOS demonstrated a high level of both environmental and administrative performance and compliance with the resource consents over the reporting period.
Riparian zones are the strips of land beside drains, streams, rivers and lakes. They include areas on-farm where the soils are wettest, such as wetlands, springs or seeps, and gullies. Finish your riparian plan by 2020 The Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) is committed to working with land owners to ensure all Taranaki streambanks are protected by riparian (streamside) fencing and planting on the Taranaki ring plain and coastal terraces by 2020. Millions of riparian plants need
native animal species and 99 native plant species whose natural ranges include Taranaki and which have been listed as ‘threatened’, ‘at risk’ or ‘regionally distinctive’; Secure a full range of sites that provide core habitat for threatened, at risk or regionally distinctive species; Maintain the areal extent of systems that are historically rare or representative of a threatened ecosystem type where native vegetation is now reduced to 20% or less for that
second survey, conducted in February–March 2012, was taken at Port Taranaki, a site also subject to heavy vehicles and marine influence. What’s the story? In the Port Taranaki survey, 97% of PM10 daily average results were within the MfE’s 'Excellent' or 'Good' categories. Only one result was within the 'Acceptable' category. In the New Plymouth CBD survey, 56% of the daily average results were within the MfE’s 'Excellent' or 'Good' categories, with 40% of results
reaches of developed and farmland catchments. Higher turbidity and suspended solids levels (and therefore poorer visual clarity) characterised the eastern hill country Mangaehu, Whenuakura and Waitara Rivers sites in these rivers’ lower reaches. Over the 2016-2017 monitoring year, flows at times of sampling were much higher than usual, with no flood or very low flows sampled. In general terms, for the eleven sites monitored for more than 10 years, water quality was comparatively poorer in
and includes the Executive Summary and the Recommendations from the report as an appendix. A presentation on the report will be made at the meeting. Executive summary The Council’s ‘Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki’ (October 2001) states as two of its objectives for the region, ‘to maintain and enhance the quality of the surface water resources of Taranaki by avoiding, remedying or mitigating the adverse effects of contaminants discharged to land and water from
notices issued during the two year period. These non-compliant events were a mixture of unauthorised incidents (generally sewage discharges to water), and non- compliance with consent conditions (mostly elevated suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, or low chlorine concentrations). It is anticipated that improved compliance with consent conditions will be achieved in the next monitoring period now that upgrade work is complete. Elevated norovirus levels were detected in mussel flesh
developed and farmland catchments. Higher turbidity and suspended solids levels (and therefore poorer visual clarity) characterised the eastern hill country Mangaehu, Whenuakura and Waitara Rivers sites in these rivers’ lower reaches. Over the 2017-2018 monitoring year, flows at times of sampling were much higher than usual, with several floods or freshes and few low flows sampled. In general terms, for the eleven sites monitored for more than 10 years, water quality was comparatively poorer in
it is to get industry representatives around the table together. There is a high degree of competition and secrecy within the forestry sector and a number of invitees were unable or unwilling to attend. One of the primary outcomes of the meeting was establishing the best contact points within organisations. FR is still working through the actions from the meeting and there was some discussion by the group on the progress. Refer to the minutes of the meeting (previously
page Taranaki Regional Council Email: info@trc.govt.nz Phone: 06 765 7127 www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki Factsheet: 3 Protecting Taranaki from the risks of harmful plants, animals and diseases is an ongoing challenge. Under the Biosecurity Act, rules may be imposed through national or regional pest management plans. These can bring significant costs and obligations to people. There are also costs to ratepayers when