out during fine weather following a period of heavy rain throughout the
catchment. The influent screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The main pond was dark
green with a slightly turbid appearance. No odours were noted. Approximately 50 birds were present, the
majority of which were mallard and teal ducks.
Both wetland pond levels were normal. These were green/brown in colour and slightly turbid. The wetland
sump pump was operating at the time of inspection. No surface
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a primary contact site or falls within other specified rivers
or lakes.
The NPS-FM also anticipates that the quality of freshwater is to be improved so that it is
suitable for primary contact more often.
More detail on the swimmability targets and what these mean for Taranaki will be presented
to the Committee on the day. Basically where there are grazing animals, particularly dairy
cows, and it rains reasonably frequently causing pasture runoff, the new standards will not
be met
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 flooding from rain or tidal action, due to its elevation.
Monitoring over
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brown.
Naturally, it’s more intricate than that.
Down near the mouth, if the tide is coming in and the light’s just right on a fine
autumn morning and there hasn’t been any rain for a day or two, the water is the
deep, dark green of pounamu as it slides past the town.
Upstream at the graceful Bertrand Road swing-bridge, it has the hues of a weak flat
white coffee, and in Tarata country at Pūrangi Bridge, it’s army camouflage.
In the high hill country, north of the “republic” of
monitoring inspection and to take
groundwater samples. It was raining with 8 mm of rain over the past 24 hours.
The newly capped area was starting to grow grass but was still largely uncovered
and quite soft underfoot (waterlogged). The northern batter was inspected and found
to have a minor amount of exposed rubbish where drainage works were undertaken.
This should be attended to once the new cap has stabilised and been grassed over.
There were some areas where there was some minor
aerobic ponds were also observed to be in
good condition. Discharge from the pond system to the Tawhiti Stream was sampled on two separate
occasions (July and March), along with the receiving waters. No visual environmental impacts downstream
of the discharge point to the Tawhiti Stream were observed.
Effluent collection points within the piggery were viewed during all inspections. They were found to be in
good condition, with no signs of spills or overflows even after heavy prolonged rain