5.23 The northern irrigation area, which is closest to the receptors is irrigated
using the tanker, which has a release height of approximately one metre
and produces larger droplets which fall close the point of irrigation,
therefore it is unlikely for odour to be experienced off-site from the
irrigation of wastewater.
Paunch Pad and Vermiculture Operation
5.24 The paunch grass that is fed to the worms is composted in relatively small
static piles for up to six
by NPDC that relate to the Colson Road landfill 14
Table 2 Monitoring programme objectives and programme development methodology 15
Table 3 Summary of monitoring activity for 2022-2023 16
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Table 4 Chemical analysis of Colson Road landfill combined site leachate discharge 33
Table 5 Results of analysis of under liner drainage for the year under review. 35
Table 6 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu Stream samples, 1 June 2023 40
build a new
compressor onsite. The old flare pit had been tested for contamination prior to it being reinstated to
pasture. At the time of inspection no flare, heat haze or smoke was detected. The skimmer pits were visually
satisfactory. It was noted that the discharge pipe is kept closed during rain events to allow sediment to
settle out prior to discharge, with various tide marks around the pits showing that this was common
practice. Hydrocarbon cloth had been placed under the coil tubing
SDC Stratford wastewater treatment plant consent monitoring report 2018-2019
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 may have exceeded 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 of
site was going to be scraped to remove proppant, and to also level out the site post drilling campaign.
Heavy rain earlier in the week had carried sediment into the ring drains and down to the wetland. Some of
the ring drains were visibly turbid, while others contained clear water as the sediment had been filtered
since the rain event. The bank separating the wetland from the site had undergone major works to stabilise
it and had been covered with coconut matting and hydroseed. The wetland had
levels in the race and lake and how much rain is
falling locally. This has allowed Trustpower to manage race flows to minimise
flooding, and has greatly improved Trustpower’s compliance with residual flow
requirements.
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Figure 1 Main features of the Trustpower Motukawa HEP Scheme including relevant consents
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1.3 Resource consents
1.3.1 Water abstraction permit
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam
applied (mm) m3 of effluent
Total 105.1 - 24,083
2.3.2.3 Method of irrigation
The effluent from the piggery is pumped to storage pond prior to land application. The Company
communicated that three different delivery systems were used during the 2021-2022 monitoring year:
1. Dribble bar – main method of effluent application, depths applied (~3 mm)
2. ‘Weta’ travelling rain gun – used to apply effluent to the Sand Dune block at 8mm depths during 8
months of the year.
3. Slurry tank
Waitaha catchment consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
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Civil Defence responds to severe weather event
Taranaki’s Civil Defence Emergency Co-ordination Centre (ECC) and the New Plymouth Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) have activated in response to the severe weather event that is hitting the region.
More than a metre of rain has fallen on Mount Taranaki causing significant flows down all rivers resulting in several families voluntarily