inspection, with the drain due to be cleaned out the
following week. The stone baskets appeared to be functioning well. There was no evidence of any spills or
sheens on site and unauthorized burning occurring, There were no discharges of untreated stormwater or
dust occurring. The site was compliant at the time of inspection.
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23 May 2022
Light rain had occurred in the days prior to inspection. A visual inspection of the drains found no sheens or
foam, though the
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2.2.1 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 particular
categories set out in Section 14.
Silver Fern Farms holds water permit 1091-4 to take water from a dam and intake structure on the Tawhiti
Stream for general use in a meat
area for many generations and have seen the slow
demise of the Uruti valley and consequently, the Mimi River.
Because of the now-barren steep hill-country and valleys and
the draining of most swamp areas from Mt Messenger to the
sea, the valley can no longer cope with it's unique weather
patterns of which it is so locally famous for. In the first instance,
frequent torrential downpours and constant rain though the
winter resulting in regular flooding and flash-floods which now
run uninterrupted
When it rains this material washes into the stormwater system, and discharges into the
harbour via the numerous piped outlets (Figure 3). In order to minimise deleterious effects on the receiving
environment, Port Taranaki Ltd (Port Taranaki) have implemented a number of preventative measures since
2012, including upgrading the stormwater treatment system and improving stormwater management
procedures. This work is ongoing, as log exports continue to increase.
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Coastal water quality monitoring report 2018-2019
ammonia g/m³N 0.0005 2.9 0.0006 0.025 g/m³ (d/s)
Dissolved reactive
phosphorus g/m³P 0.015 23 0.014
Suspended solids g/m³ <3 310 <3
Turbidity NTU 1.22 100 1.38
Nitrogen (TKN) g/m³ - 106 -
Nitrogen (TN) g/m³ - 125 -
Potassium (TP) g/m³ - 260 -
Appearance Clear Turbid green Clear
Survey of 18 June 2020
Samples were collected approximately five hours after the discharge had commenced during overcast wet
weather conditions after a period of heavy rain …
the Taranaki Regional Council
between 26 May 2022 and 06 July 2022
consideration of matters such as those expressed in the
NPS-FM objective. Given that the Council can only
consider policies that relate to the matters over which
the Council has reserved control through the plan itself,
the Council is unable to take into account matters that
fall outside this scope.
You will be aware that, with few exceptions (such as
this resource consent
Waitaha Catchment Annual Report 2022-2023
wellsites. Inspections were undertaken on 28 July and 31 October 2022, and
8 March and 16 May 2023. Additional monitoring was undertaken during the monitoring period in relation
to drilling at the Kapuni-J wellsite. This will be discussed in the annual drilling report.
28 July 2022
Heavy persistent rain and strong winds have proceeded the inspection. The stormwater system was working
well, with all stormwater being collected and directed for treatment prior to discharge from site. The site