bacteriological water quality in the latest survey period was lower than
normal in comparison with historical surveys. The total number of samples falling within
the “Alert” or “Action” categories (36% of samples, or 40% if the samples of the Waimoku
are included) across the 16 recognised bathing sites was the highest recorded. However, it
should be noted that the “Action” category is the only category for which swimming is not
recommended. In the 2016-2017 season, 86% of all samples (ie excluding the
controls as to how it is to be managed.
Implementing much of the NPS-HPL will fall to territorial authorities through their
District Plans.
13. Set out below is a summary of the overall policy direction to be implemented by
Councils:
13.1. Restrict rezoning of highly productive land, but allowing tier 1 and 2 territorial
authorities to consider rezoning subject to requirements of the NPS-HPL.
13.2. Avoid rezoning of HPL for rural lifestyle and avoid subdivision generally of HPL,
Table 3 Summary of monitoring activity for 2021-2022 17
Table 4 Chemical analysis of Colson Road landfill combined site leachate discharge 33
Table 5 Sample results for characterisation of Stage 1&2 and Stage 3 leachate 34
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Table 6 Results of analysis of under liner drainage for the year under review. 37
Table 7 Sample results for the characterisation of the under liner groundwater drainage 42
Table 8 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and
NPDC Coastal Structures Biennial Report 2022-2024
national
regulations. Methanex currently holds a consent for a flood control structure in the
Waitara River.
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.
Methanex currently holds two abstraction consents for the Waitara River.
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Section 15(1)(a) of the
of skimmer pits indicating relatively good
water quality. A drip tray (tarp) had been placed under the mud shaker chutes and this was
collecting/catching a lot of mud and preventing discharges to ground. Both liquid and dry chemicals were
being stored in the onsite metal bund and these were covered by tarps to prevent rain from falling on
product. Appropriate bunding was noted around the rest of the site.
15 October 2018
Kowhai-D wellsite: A new filter sock was being installed within
Taranaki’s lakes are likely to fall below the “national bottom line”, meaning
they are considered to be degraded and in poor health. Overall, 78% of lakes were
predicted to fail to achieve the bottom line for at least one attribute, with more than 50%
of lakes likely to fail the lake-bottom dissolved oxygen attribute. A predicted 72% failed
chlorophyll-a (a measurement of algae), while 54% failed for total phosphorus and 61%
for total nitrogen.
7. There are a number of further steps required to
Freshwater bodies of outstanding or significant value in the Taranaki region,
general, there are two types of irrigation methods: surface and pressurised. The majority of irrigation
systems currently in operation in the region fall into the pressurised category. Pressurised systems can be
further differentiated based on the method of operation and equipment used. A summary of the systems
encountered in the region is given below.
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K-line and long-lateral types – Impact sprinklers mounted on moveable laterals (Photo 1)
These are the most
Waiwhakaiho River and Te Henui Stream, and less frequently at Lake Opunake, were due
principally to resident wild fowl populations in the vicinity of recreational usage sites (as
confirmed by inspections and more recently by DNA marker surveys).
In terms of E. coli, bacteriological water quality in the latest survey period was similar in
comparison with historical surveys. The total number of samples falling within the “Alert”
or “Action” categories (29% of samples) was 1% higher than the long-term