freshwater and coastal swimming spots last summer found higher-than-usual levels of bacteria, reflecting the season’s higher rainfall, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. More rain meant dairy effluent ponds discharged for longer and more frequently than usual, and clouds prevented the sun from breaking down bacteria. Even so, waterfowl continued to be the main culprits at the worst freshwater sites, the Waiwhakaiho River near Lake Rotomanu and the mouths of Te Henui Stream and Waimoku Stream.
Taranaki By-Products Air and Water Annual Report 2023-2024
long and 25 m wide, and is shown in Figure 2.
In the 2016-2017 monitoring period, issues were found with unacceptable wastes being exposed by coastal
erosion. This resulted in the site being closed to the public in 2017. Any further dune stabilisation will be
done using green waste disposed of at the Patea transfer station.
Patea Beach is an elevated site which for most of the time is dry. Rain that does fall on the site drains away
at a very rapid rate. The site does not suffer from …
weather. About 40% of
New Plymouth’s rain comes with winds from the north or north-east, usually falling
as steady rain for several hours or longer. South easterlies tend to be dry. The annual
rainfall for New Plymouth averages around 1500 mm. Rainfall across the region
varies from around 1000 mm on the southern coast, to 2000 mm at the highest points
of the ringplain around Stratford, and higher rainfall in the hill country and on Mt
Taranaki.
Wind roses for the region are shown in Figure 3.
Telemetry $6,050.00 per year
Standard hydrometric equipment $2,144.10 per year
Tangahoe hydrometric equipment $749.00 per year
Tawhiti hydrometric equipment (lower) $1,903.30 per year
Tawhiti hydrometric equipment (upper) $1,177.30 per year
Waingongoro hydrometric equipment $913.60 per year
Waitaha hydrometric equipment $9,709.92 per year
Rain Gauge Calibration $370.30 per deployment
Chlorine Meter $22.90 per use
Drone $145.20 per day
Multi-parameter Field Meter $123.40 per day
Haehanga
NPDC Waitara wastewater treatment plant consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
2012
A site visit was to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection and to take water
samples. There were intermittent showers with 24 mm rain over the previous 48 hours.
The cap was well vegetated and appeared to be stable and sound.
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The leachate/stormwater pond was half full and not discharging. There was some
kind of organic growth floating on the surface (either algae or iron oxide bacteria). A
sample of pond water was taken to be tested for the
Government to start achieving its
Predator Free 2050 goal, by
supporting and further funding a number of
initiatives already under way involving public
and private agencies – for example, Project
Mounga, self-help possum control and many
community-based projects. Taranaki’s compact
scale and united focus make it a great pilot.
Connections to Mt Taranaki: The
North Egmont, Stratford and
Dawson Falls access roads are
under pressure and suffering from
Consent 7557-1 was being exercised at time of inspection. Flaring was occurring at
time of inspection. The flare looked clean with minimal smoke being generated. Works
had been undertaken to improve the quality of the flare.
Consent 7555-1 was being exercised at time of inspection. Heavy rain was falling at
time of inspection. The ring drains and skimmer pits had been dry during the days
prior. At the time of inspection stormwater was beginning to pool in the first skimmer
pit. No stormwater
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Appendix I Resource consents held by NPDC
List of tables
Table 1 Consents held by NPDC that relate to the Colson Road landfill 13
Table 2 Summary of monitoring activity for 2020-2021 14
Table 3 Chemical analysis of Colson Road landfill leachate 40
Table 4 Results of analysis of under liner drainage for the year under review. 42
Table 5 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu Stream samples, 19 August 2020 47
Table 6 Results