site.
1.3 Resource consents
1.3.1 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.
The primary effects of taking and diverting groundwater is the potential for the water
table to be lowered, consequently impacting on nearby surface water such as the
westerly wind. The monthly rainfall was 210 mm of
rain as recorded at the Inglewood WWTP TRC weather station.
The step screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. Slight odour was noticeable in the vicinity of
the step screen. One aerator was operating on the aeration pond, which was a turbid, light grey brown
colour. The pond was discharging into the main pond.
The main pond had a normal level of 0.76 m, with a relatively clear, green grey colour and rippled surface.
The
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
carried out to check for compliance
with resource consent conditions. Light rain fell intermittently throughout the day. Well sites inspected were
Mangahewa-A, C, D, E and G; Pouri-A; Pukemai-A; Tuhua-A, B, C and D; McKee B, C, D and E; Toetoe-A, B
and C; and Mystone-A. In general, the sites were tidy and clean with minimal activity occurring. The sites
were being maintained with weed spraying evident on the site and in some places within the ring drains.
The majority of ring drains were
period was lower than normal in
comparison with historical surveys. The total number of samples falling within the “Alert” or “Action”
categories (40% of samples) 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 2017-2018 season, 79% of all samples met the national bathing guideline. Of the 21% of samples that
exceeded the guideline, 11% arose
organisms.
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Two sites are monitored for ammonia. Both fall in band A, meaning ammonia is likely to have little to no
effect on all but the most sensitive species. Modelled estimates support monitoring results, with
approximately 82% of streams and
main building is transported across the paddocks to Manhole 1
1 The Council has used these compliance grading criteria for more than 20 years. They align closely with the four compliance
grades in the MfE Best Practice Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, 2018
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(Figure 1). During heavy rain overflow from the settling pond also discharges into the same manhole and
enters the piped tributary (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Taranaki
overabundance of algae and aquatic weeds, impact on the
growth of sensitive species, or even become toxic to freshwater organisms.
For ammonia, modelling suggests that all streams fall in band A (92%) or band B (8%) (Figure 4). Ammonia
is expected to have little to no toxic effect on all but the most sensitive species.
For nitrate, around 12% of streams fall within band A and aquatic species are unlikely to experience the
effects of nitrate. The majority of streams fall into band B (88%) (Figure
undertaken on 20 February 2015 38
Table 10 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu
Stream samples, 13 August 2014 39
Table 11 Results of rain event monitoring - Manganaha Stream, 13
August 2014 40
Table 12 Biomonitoring sites in the Puremu and Manganaha Streams
related to the Colson Road Landfill. 41
Table 13 Chemical analysis of Colson Road Landfill groundwater
sampled 9 June 2015 44
Table 14 Air deposition monitoring results for 13 January- 4 February
2015 45