Waiongana River systems. The total catchment area is approximately 6.1 km2. The length
of the catchment, from the headwaters between Paraite and Corbett Roads to the sea at Bell Block beach, is
approximately five kilometres.
The industrial area at Bell Block is situated mid-catchment (Figure 1). Historically, the industrial areas were
located predominantly on the western side of the stream however, ongoing development since 2016 has
resulted in more sites on the eastern side. These sites fall
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the final aerobic pond into the neighbouring Waiongana Stream in
compliance with the conditions of Consent 0715.
Figure 1 Location of DH Lepper Trust piggery and Lepperton
1.3 Resource consents
Water abstraction permit 1.3.1
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
bacteriological sampling at four sites at Urenui and five sites at
Onaero.
The monitoring showed that the wastewater treatment systems at the beach camps did not adversely affect
the water quality of the local freshwater and coastal environments. Although high bacteriological results
were returned from the water quality sampling efforts, these counts were attributed to surface runoff
draining the upstream agricultural catchment, following the rains that preceded the sampling.
There was one
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remediation pad. Any rain run-off and leachate that is
generated, drains into a series of ponds for treatment. Between each pond there is a
baffle that skims off any floating hydrocarbons as the leachate passes through. These
ponds also treat the leachate and stormwater from pad 1 where remediated drilling
wastes are stored and/or processed further. The treated liquid from the pond
treatment system (PTS) is then irrigated to cut and carry pasture on two irrigation
areas.
Run off and leachate
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Outdoor nature bingo
Hollard Gardens - 10am to 11.30am
Get your tamariki outdoors these school holidays.
Grab their gumboots and explore the magic of Hollard
Gardens with nature bingo. Rain or shine - puddle
jumping optional. Recommended for children 5–10 yrs
and must be accompanied by an adult.
Outdoor
sea, but these are generally few in number and only the rare spills have a major and
indeed measurable impact on seafoods in the area.
“Indirect” discharges is a term used to generally describe the effects of rivers on the
coast, and therefore include the considerable amounts of faecal bacteria, nutrients and
solids carried down the Waitara River after rain on the farms and hill country
upstream (now seen as the major source of these in local seafoods). The material and
the NPS-
FM objective. Given that the Council can only consider policies that relate to the matters over which the
Council has reserved control through the plan itself, the Council is unable to take into account matters that
fall outside this scope.
You will be aware that, with few exceptions, when a dairy consent involving a discharge to water is replaced,
the Council only allows the water discharge to continue until 1 December 2022, then the only discharge
allowed is to land.
Site inspections
17 December 2021 - The camp was quiet at the time of inspection with only one bus, one motorhome and
two caravans in residence. The STDC officer noted that the holding tanks had been full as a result of heavy
rain but had reduced the following day. While there have been odour complaints in the past, at the time of
inspection there were no odours or visual issues near the WWTP or trenches. The sea was a turbid brown at
the time, and there had been lots of rain preceding the