the distinctive pattern of boulders along the river bed channel
Transient values Hangatahua (Stony) River catchment is exposed to some of the heaviest rain in New Zealand with rocks rolling down the river in accelerated river flows
frequently changing its course
At other times the river is recognised for having waters so clear that it appears that it isn’t there, however this has declined in more recent years due to natural
erosion higher up the catchment in Egmont National
Lower Waiwhakaiho catchment consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
relation to
water supply plants and structures in the South Taranaki District are included in Appendix I.
1.3.1 Abstraction consents
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14.
STDC holds 15 consents to abstract water. These consents were granted by the Council under Section 87 of
the
Bayly Rd detailed site investigation 2016 (for Ngati Te Whiti).
Freshwater ecological monitoring state of the environment report - Taranaki Regional Council.
consents are listed in
Table 1 and their locations are shown in Figures 1 and 2. Copies of all resource consents held in relation to
water supply plants and structures in the South Taranaki District are included in Appendix I.
1.3.1 Abstraction consents
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in
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Figure 2 Location of South Taranaki District Council, Nukumaru
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Resource consents 1.3
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
Section 15(1)(a) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any
undertaken in the 2016-2017 season, as discussed in Section 2.1.1.
Photo 1 The Fonterra Whareroa site
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1.3 Resource consents
Water abstraction permits
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14.
Fonterra holds water permit 0047 to cover the
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
Contact Energy Ltd holds two consents for the abstraction and use of water in
relation to SPS.
Water Permit 4455-1 allows the take and use of up to 19,440 cubic metres/day (225
L/s averaged over 15 minutes) of water on a continuous basis from the Patea River
for use of power stations. This permit was originally issued by
take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
All of the consent holders covered by this report hold water abstraction consents. There
is a combined total of 18 consents of which STDC hold 15, CCWSL one, OWSL one and
NSSI one.
These consents were granted by the Council under Section 87 of the RMA and each
contains special conditions