Council’s monitoring programme included four inspections, physicochemical analysis of two stream
samples, one stormwater/discharge sample, two effluent grab samples, two composite effluent samples, and
two groundwater samples, two air quality surveys and one depositional gauging.
Abstraction volumes from Waingongoro River complied with the consent limit. A contribution of $30,000
towards riparian planting and management in Waingongoro catchment was made, the last of ten annual
payments required
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• Gains have been made in recent years with significant
investment in riparian fencing and planting
• However, improvement is still required in many
waterways
• Nutrients, sediment and E. coli present significant
challenges
• The state of aquatic life is mixed, with most monitoring
sites showing some degree of impact
• Swimability of freshwater requires a large improvement
across much of the region to meet national targets
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plentiful, although Taranaki
aggregates are known to have a lower crushing strength (85 kN) than aggregates from most other parts of
the country. Importation of various aggregates may need to continue to meet the requirement for
aggregate types not available in Taranaki.
Quarrying and shingle extraction in Taranaki is covered by the RMA and, if the minerals in question are
Crown owned, by the Crown Minerals Act 1991.
Regional councils have no control over the provision of exclusive rights to
to ensure the approach is supported.
Consultation update
19. A high level summary of the key themes from the consultation was presented at the last Committee
meeting. Since then staff have further analysed the feedback and have prepared a consultation
summary report. This report is the subject of a standalone committee memorandum on this meeting
Agenda. It will be made available online and those who participated in the consultation will be
provided a link to the
relevant research information for
resource management purposes—this activity
contributes to all levels of service (1 through 9).
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS
AND PLANT SUPPLY PROGRAMME
—promoting sustainable land and riparian
management by providing land management advice
and information on an individual property basis and
through advocacy and facilitation—refer to levels of
service 4, 5 and 6.
WAITARA RIVER CATCHMENT
—restoring, protecting, and enhancing the
environmental,
The package is designed to help farmers
mitigate the devastation to what in some
cases has been years of investment and hard
work that they have put into their properties
through the Council’s Riparian Management
and Sustainable Land Management
Programmes.
The Council’s package includes:
Ÿ Supply of replacement riparian plants for
riparian plan holders.
Ÿ Assistance with riparian planting.
Ÿ Supply of poplar poles and sleeves for
erosion control and soil
on the second treatment
rack. Chemical backwash samples do not occur on the weekend, instead backwashes without chemicals are
performed. The main settling pond was in good condition, with riparian planting was starting to become
well established. The discharge to the Pātea River was clear and uncoloured and was flowing at
approximately 1-2 L/min. A water quality sample was taken for analysis. Overall the site was tidy and well
maintained.
At the Konini Stream contingency site the intake
Kaupokonui Catchment 52
2.1.2.1.6 Discharges to the Motumate Stream 52
2.1.2.1.7 Spray irrigation of wastewater 53
2.1.2.1.8 Riparian planting 54
2.1.2.1.9 Disposal of factory solid wastes 59
2.1.2.1.10 Bridges and culverts 59
2.1.3 Results of discharge monitoring 59
2.1.3.1 Physicochemical 59
2.1.3.1.1 Cooling water quality 59
2.1.3.1.2 Stormwater quality 61
2.1.4 Receiving water (Kaupokonui Stream) quality 64
2.1.5 Groundwater quality 71
2.1.5.1 Farm 1
(Freshwater contact recreational water quality at selected Taranaki
sites State of the Environment Monitoring Report 2019-2020, Technical Report 2020-01,
April 2021) is available upon request, and will be published on the Council’s website
following this meeting. The memorandum summarised the report’s data and results,
and the Executive Summary and recommendations from the report were attached.
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives the memorandum noting the
safely drink the
water, swim in the river and catch and eat
kai species from the streams and rivers.
Complete riparian planting
Detailed and comprehensive Management
plans will be developed and these are to
have input from Ngāti Mutunga
Water coming out of the site should be as
good as that going into it.
Monitoring plan and reporting to show the
water existing the site is as good as when it
enters (Groundwater and surface water).
Engage a person to take samples and