appeared that the skimmer pit had recently
discharged, considering the volume of rain that had recently fallen it was likely that the skimmer pit still had
a leak. No effects were noted in the receiving waters downstream of the discharge point.
2.1.2 Results of discharge monitoring
Figure 1 Location of the Cheal Production Station and associated sampling sites
Chemical water quality sampling of the combined discharge from the Cheal Production Station and Cheal-A
wellsite was
Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki 2011
thought most unusual when
I first saw it. I found a collection of
conifers as I wandered through the
gardens. One in particular caught my eye.
It’s bluey/green upright growth was
surrounded by horizontal growth – it’s
own “Christmas tree skirt”. Unfortunately
David Sampson wasn’t anywhere in sight
at that moment to enlighten me as to it’s
name.
As we boarded the minibus again,
large drops of rain began to fall, and
accompanied us back to the village of
Kimbolton, where
of this report.
1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) stipulates that no person may
take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by
resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, 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
of beach (at low tide only),
any waters emerging from the cliff would be swiftly mixed and dispersed. Any effects on groundwater
quality or coastal water quality would be negligible. In general the creation of stable interlocked layers of
green waste ensures that it does not fall off or get blown off the cliffs and down onto the coastal marine
area or into the sea.
The effect of the sand movement from the lack of dune systems has seen the degradation in the land
available for farming on
Suspended fine sediment
Dissolved oxygen
Monitored sites and NOF Grade
band A band B band C band D
Table 1 Water quality results for monitored sites in the Volcanic Ring Plain FMU.
Volcanic Ring Plain Freshwater Management Unit Discussion Document
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For ammonia, all 10 monitoring sites fall within bands A and B; above the national bottom line. At these
sites, ammonia is likely to have little to no effect on all but the most sensitive species.
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Minutes of the Policy and Planning
Committee Meeting of the Taranaki
Regional Council, held in the Taranaki
Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten
Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 17 October
2017 at 10.40am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
D L Lean (ex officio)
Representative Ms E Bailey (Iwi Representative)
Members Councillor G Boyde (Stratford
local fishing grounds. Tuna-
heke (migratory eel) was caught from the Lagoon further inland which was also named Tapuarau and set
upon these racks for drying. During the wet season the rains would flush out the Tapuarau Lagoon and the
Tuna-heke would run out of the lagoon, across land, through Hauriri and eventually out at Tapuarau at the
water’s edge. Paatiki (flounder) and Puupuu (sea snail) were abundant.
The Waitootara river mouth was plentiful with kai and resources that