regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48).
Rule 49 provides for groundwater abstraction as a controlled activity, subject to two
conditions:
• The abstraction shall cause not more than a 10% lowering
lakes in the region are small lakes classified as having an open water
area of between one and five hectares. Only two lakes are recorded as having an open water area of
greater than 30 hectares.
13. In addition, there are a number of lakes in the region with an open water area of less than one hectare
which are not identified by FENZ, but still fall within the broad definition of ‘lake’ under the RMA.5 These
water bodies are more likely to be classified as wetlands rather than
(Pohokura AEE Vol 3).
f. Cliff erosion
Sedimentary rocks in cliffs in the ‘papa’ areas of north and south Taranaki are relatively
young geologically speaking, so are soft, unconsolidated and easily eroded. Cliffs with
waves lapping at the base at high tide are vulnerable to episodic erosion events with the
steep faces falling away catastrophically. Compounding this process is groundwater seepage
through the cliffs which intensifies after heavy rain. When the top layers are saturated, they
main method of effluent application, depths applied (~3 mm)
2. ‘Weta’ travelling rain gun – used to apply effluent to the Sand Dune block at 8-10 mm depths during
7 months of the year.
2.3.2.4 Type of crops grown
Two crops were grown under the cut and carry system in 2022-2023. Maize Silage paddocks (37.2 ha) which
were cultivated in October and harvested in March, yielding around 21.3 tonnes DM/ha.
An annual Ryegrass was planted as a crop cover over the cooler and wetter months.
is less than 1 % of the allocated take through resource
consents.
Rain water is also collected and stored for stock and domestic use.
There are 21 rural water supply schemes in the region that serve stock, domestic water
and in some cases industrial use and mean farmers do not have their own intake
systems. In this case the
take is concentrated at
one point rather than
being spread through a
catchment.
Figures 1 and 2 show
rural water supply
K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Apologies Councillor M P Joyce
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subject
Item 1 4 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 2 11 Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes
Item 3 18 Policy and Planning Committee Minutes
Item 4 24 Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Minutes
Item 5 30 Consultation Document and Supporting Documentation for the
2018/2028 Long-Term Plan
Item 6 102 Policy and Planning Committee - vacancy Taranaki
PM2.5 concentration 17
Figure 13 Comparison of the diurnal variation in PM2.5 concentration during different seasons 17
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Figure 14 Pearson’s correlation matrix of PM2.5 with different meteorological variables 18
Figure 15 Pollution rose for entire monitoring period 20
Figure 16 A comparison of wind roses for days falling into different PM2.5 air quality categories 20
Figure 17 Daily time series of PM2.5 for the monitoring period. 21
Figure 18 …
year-round monitoring and
compliance, even at times when it would
be foolhardy to swim because of weather
and/or dangerous currents and flows,
imposes significant costs but with little
purpose or community benefit.
� Proposed broad-brush national
requirements for excluding stock from
waterways fall short of what is actually
required to reduce faecal contamination,
and risk undermining successful and
proven local initiatives such as Taranaki’s
award-winning riparian
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 under permitted activity rules and are not covered
by this monitoring report. Upstream, land use is pastoral and horticultural. Downstream, the Mangati flows
through the residential area of Bell Block.
SDC Stratford WWTP Annual Report 2020-2021