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
Freshwater bodies of outstanding or significant value in the Taranaki region,
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,
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
climate, with abundant rainfall and high sunshine hours, makes the region lush, green
and fertile.
Rainfall
Annual rainfall varies throughout the region. Some coastal areas receive less than 1,400 mm annually, while
the summit of Mount Taranaki receives around 7,500 mm.
Heavy rainfall events do occur and there can be extremes. In 2012 heavy rain caused a number of slips on
the coastal road around Mount Taranaki, including a large slip at Oākura that covered the road, burying a
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
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natural form and character, mahinga kai, fishing,
irrigation and food production, animal drinking water, wāhi tapu, water supply, commercial and
industrial use, hydro-electric power generation, transport and tauranga waka. Attributes for these
values are categorised into four states, A, B, C or D, reflecting different levels from A-excellent to D-
unacceptable. D is the attribute that falls below the national bottom line and the NPS-FM requires
that the freshwater management unit is
outfall. Stormwater from the tankage area is pumped over into the process sewers which flow to the
storm pond. The stormwater falling on the non-process areas of the western half of the site (Figure 1) is
directed by “v” ditches running alongside the roads to a dam/pond and then out to the Tasman Sea via the
Manu Stream. Stormwater falling on the eastern side of the site is directed to unnamed tributaries of the
Waihi Stream via outfalls and a small sedimentation pond.
The sludge lagoons