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
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
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
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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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
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
Waitaha catchment consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
be worse than it was due to rain earlier. The site manager advised this
would be cleaned up.
4 May 2022
The site was busy with normal operations. Traffic was particularly busy within the scrap area and some swarf
was observed tracking to the drains. All drain screens were in place and appear to be regularly maintained
to prevent blocking. All hazardous chemicals were appropriately contained. Rainwater within bunding was at
a low level. Spill kits were in place throughout the site and
discharges treated water from the final aerobic pond
into the neighbouring Waiongana Stream in compliance with the conditions of Consent 0715-4.
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Figure 1 Location of DH Lepper Trust piggery and Lepperton
1.3 Resource consents
Water abstraction permit
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
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B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Apologies
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subject
Item 1 5 PowerCo Presentation to the Taranaki Regional Council -
PowerCo's 2018-2023 Investment Proposal
Item 2 19 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 3 26 Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes
Item 4 32 Policy and Planning Committee Minutes
Item 5 38 Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Minutes
Item 6 44 Draft 2017/2018 Annual Plan - Statement of Proposal