page Winter is here! S c h o o l s i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t n e w s l e t t e r S IT E JU L Y 2 0 1 6 IS S U E N O .7 8 The last couple of months have been quite mild and for the most part hardly in keeping with winter as we know it. Proof of the mild June weather was my support for eleven school groups with river or wetland trips in that month. Normally June is a month when indoor lessons are very
• The discolouration of natural water bodies • The blockage of stormwater drains, causing flooding. How your waste can pollute the environment Any material or substance left uncovered or on the ground outside can flow or be washed by rainwater into a nearby stormwater drain where it will result in the pollution of the local stream and/or the coast. Drill cuttings and slurry contain a number of substances that can pollute our environment. These include sediment and lubricants. If
water that is designed to be used for human consumption, food preparation, utensil washing, oral hygiene or personal hygiene. Given the intended uses and potential for risks to human health from water used for consumptive purposes, the DWSNZ set out the most stringent standards for water quality within New Zealand. Water not meeting these standards can still be utilised for consumptive purposes with adequate treatment, or can be utilised for a range of non-consumptive domestic, industrial and
page 2016 Community Biodiversity Fund Application for funding Closing date for applications: 30 April 2016 page The Trust will consider projects which support the ecological priorities outlined in Section 5 of the Taranaki Biodiversity Forum Accord: 1. Secure populations of Threatened, At-risk or Regionally distinctive species (see page 8) 2. Protect habitat of Threatened, At risk or Regionally distinctive species 3. Maintain the extent of rare and
class. Many students expressed surprise at their ability to correctly identify the wide range of invertebrates they found in the water. Everyone enjoyed the lovely morning tea that followed the study. Thank you Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi. Now is the time for you to nominate your school, a class or a group for a Taranaki Regional Council environmental award. Last year Ahititi School, St John Bosco School and Frankleigh Kindergarten were granted awards in recognition of their
social media was in favour of the proposals in the Consultation Document on the 2018/2028 Long-Term Plan. In total, about 232 people engaged with content, giving informal feedback on the Council’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Social media content included a video, images and articles and informal feedback was shown with comments or ‘liking’ the content. Facebook The majority of Facebook comments (14 in total) were supportive of the idea to link Pukeiti to the Taranaki
latter part of the 2012-2013 period. Liaison with the Regional Council has continued whenever uncertainties have existed with respect to proposed additional industrial loadings. page Regular inspections indicated no immediate problems with the oxidation ponds system’s performance, with no overflows to land or adjacent stormwater drains, following very wet weather as a direct consequence of re-engineered bunding and cell wall upgrades. Wastewater quality was good at the
decision on the draft Taranaki Biosecurity Strategy and proposed Regional Pest Management Plan) pertaining to Taranaki Federated Farmers and took no part in the discussions or deliberations. 6.1 Mr S R Hall, Director-Operation, spoke to the memorandum introducing the Policy and Planning Hearing Committee’s report on submissions to the Proposed Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki (the Proposed RPMP) and the Taranaki Regional Council Biosecurity Strategy 2017–2037 (the Biosecurity
........................................................................................... 23 4. Threats to the abundance or distribution of species of interest .................................................. 24 References ............................................................................................................................................ 27 List of tables Table 1: Native and introduced freshwater fish species recorded as present in Taranaki ................ 2 Table 2: Pressures that affect populations of threatened or
Design, construction and maintenance guidelines for the spray irrigation of dairy shed waste - contents and introduction.