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
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
STDC Opunake WWTP Annual Report 2024-2025
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
of rain and are outside of the discharge mixing zone. The stretch of the Piakau
Stream between these two points has very high, steep banks which would not permit easy escape in the
event of rising waters.
The results indicate that the discharge was not affecting the water quality of the Piakau Stream and was in
compliance with all applicable consent conditions for receiving waters at the times of sampling.
Table 3 Receiving environment results for the Piakau Stream, 29 June 2020
would direct stormwater back to the ring drain while still allowing vehicle access.
9 June 2022
The site was tidy and processes appeared to be well managed with drip trays and chemical bunding in use
and no spills or stains evident on the ground. The inspection was undertaken after heavy rain and the
stormwater system was coping well, with all stormwater being collected and directed appropriately prior to
discharge. The stream was visually the same upstream and downstream of the site. It
telemetered to the Council and reviewed for compliance.
During the period under review CCCWSL complied with the normal operational abstraction limit of 69L/s for
99.8% of the time. There was one occasion when CCCWSL was required to use its exceptional use limit of 79
L/s due to the reservoir levels falling below 80%. Figure 2 shows CCCWSL’s abstraction rate for the 2023/24
monitoring period.
Figure 2 CCCWSL abstraction rates for 2023/24
2.1.4 Hydrological monitoring and residual flow
discharge emissions into
the air 2022 2028
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 processing plant and
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2.1 Inspections
12 August 2019
An inspection was undertaken of the Osflo fertiliser facility, located at 1319 Mountain Road, North of
Inglewood. The weather was overcast with intermittent heavy rain and strong North Westerly winds. The
inspection was undertaken with the Osflo site manager whom escorted the officer for the duration of the
inspection. This was the first inspection of the 2019-2020 monitoring period. The site area, including the site
office; truck wash down …