Council staff
familiar with the plan to examine the clarity of the policies and the frequency that the various
policies had been considered in consent officer’s reports (as an indication of how frequently those
policies were used in decision making).
Efficiency is a measure of the benefit of a policy relative to its cost. The efficiency of the RCP was
examined by looking at costs that fall on the regional council (plan administration costs and
ongoing policy development or state of environment
Dow AgroSciences consent monitoring Annual report 2016-2017
noted that seven intakes were now in place along the roofline of shed 3, that these
included fittings for shed air recirculation as at Midhirst, and that the boilers had been
installed and hot water radiators were being piped up inside each shed.
27. Osflo arrived about 10.45 am, and were to begin by emptying shed 4. With rain setting in, I
considered there would be little gain in continuing to monitor odour, and left the site about
11 am.
28. My observations on this occasion:-
easily see
their prey.
Activity
Think about the things that could make water more turbid eg rain washing over
muddy ground with no plants. Design and make your own turbidity device by
filling a glass jar with pond water and see if you can easily see through it.
Do this again by stirring up the water from the bottom of the pond and then noting
the difference.
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Activity 8: Pond life
Invertebrates are
Please try to avoid sampling in the pouring rain so that the risk of contamination is
minimised.
4. Please try to keep the bottles provided clean, and rinse them 3 times with the
sample water before collecting the sample.
If you have any questions about sampling or if the procedures conflict with your
current sampling protocols, please contact me and we can try to resolve the issues as
quickly as possible.
Thanks for participating in the programme; it could not exist without your
occasions during 2019-2020
Date Lake level
(m asl) Weather
Wind Lake appearance
L2 L3 L2 L3
17 October
2019 75.7 Broken cloud,
fine Light NW Moderate
NW
Turbid, brown;
surface rippled
Slightly turbid,
dark green;
surface rippled
19 February
2020 77.3
Overcast,
drizzle; heavy
rain preceding
Calm Calm Clear, dark green;
surface flat
Clear, dark
green; surface
rippled
19 March
2020 76.8 Overcast, light
rain
Light NW
breeze Calm …
Much of the scheme is monitored and operated remotely by the Company. Through an automated water
level sensor system, the Company can monitor the residual flows in the Manganui River and Mangaotea
Stream, water levels in the race and lake and how much rain is falling locally. This has allowed the Company
to manage race flows to minimise flooding, and has greatly improved the Company’s compliance with
residual flow requirements.
Resource consents
The Company holds 24 resource consents,
extended-duration
nuisance blooms reflecting high nutrient
enrichment and/or significant alteration
of the natural flow regime or habitat.
* The productive class is defined by River Environment Classification (REC) types, with a combination of dry climate categories
and soft-sedimentary, volcanic acidic and volcanic basic geology. All sites that do not fall in these categories are in the default
class.
1.3 Periphyton
Periphyton is the ‘slime’ and algae found on the beds of lakes and rivers. This
(1980 to
date) and average MCI values predicted from the MCI – site altitude regression equation
revealed areas on the ring plain where observed stream health is better, worse, or equal to that
which is predicted. This analysis suggested that approximately 65.3% of the area met or
exceeded the stream health predicted by the MCI – altitude relationship, with the remaining
34.7% falling just one quality class below that predicted.
Given the intensity of land-use on 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.
From observations made during the inspection of the site no adverse environmental effects were found, or
were expected to have been occurring, as a result of the activity authorised by consent 7374-1.4.
3.3 Evaluation of performance
A tabular summary of the consent holder’s compliance record for the year under review is