overall E. coli concentrations in rivers including all NOF criteria.
Attribute
criteria
Total no.
sites
Attribute grade
A B C D E
% >540 22 2 0 2 9 9
% >260 22 3 1 0 7 11
Median 22 4 N/A N/A 7 11
Q95 22 2 1 0 19 N/A
Overall grade 22 2 0 1 7 12
The assessment shows that only three out of the 22 monitoring sites meet the minimum standard (band C;
based on the national swimmability target), while the remaining 19 sites fall within
Rainfall for May was generally above the long-term May average, ranging from 85% to 179%, with an average of 118% of normal. Rainfall was higher around the Maunga and Ring Plain, and in the south of the region. Year to date rainfall is sitting between 75.6% and 213.4% with an average of 121.8% of normal. Cape Egmont remains at more than 200% of normal to date and has already received 80% of a typical year’s rain in five months. May 2022 hydrology report May 2022 rainfall maps What you should
environment
Taranaki Regional Council Tree Unit 19
Study 6
Erosion
Erosion is the wearing away and loss of land by the action of water or wind. In Taranaki we
have some erosion problems.
• Erosion sometimes occurs in Taranaki when trees and other plants have
been cleared off steep hill country. This causes slips when waterlogged
soil falls off the solid base.
Solution: plant trees to hold the soil together, and soften the rain falling
on the land. The roots
Rainfall for April was generally well below the average, ranging from 27% to 72%, with an average of 50% of normal for April. Rainfall was higher around the Maunga and ring plain, and Cape Egmont received 84% of normal rain. Most of the rain fell in two events on 6 and 22 April. Te Maunga recorded between 67% and 79% of normal. Year to date rainfall is sitting between 67% and 213% with an average of 113% of normal. April 2022 hydrology report April 2022 rainfall maps What you should know: The
After falling in love with the lathe he bought for his wife more than 40 years ago, Stratford woodworker Tony Waterson has never looked back. Waterson joins New Zealand’s finest woodcrafters taking part in this weekend’s Taranaki Woodcraft Festival at Pukeiti. The competition organised by the Stratford Woodturners Club & Taranaki Woodworkers Guild is the only one of its kind in New Zealand this year. Waterson has been chipping away at his sculptures for this year's competition and says coming
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TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR May 2021
Provisional Data Only
Note: some sites record a number of parameters
Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region
Station Sub-region
Monthly Year to Date
Records Began Number of rain
days (>0.5mm)
Total Monthly
Rainfall (mm)
% of Monthly
Normal (%)
Total to date
(mm)
% of Normal for
year to date
% of average full
calendar year
Nth Egmont
g/m3 at site HHG000100 and site HHG000150. The
consent also states that the irrigation of pond fluids shall not cause an adverse rise in
chloride in the Haehanga Stream.
2.1.4.1 16 August 2012
The sampling run done on 16 August 2012 was done under high flow conditions
with 21 mm rain falling over the previous 48 hours. As a result, a reduced run was
undertaken. CBODF levels in the discharge were quite low and this is reflected in the
water quality down stream of the discharge. On
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