(SDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located on
Victoria Road at Stratford, in the Patea catchment. This report for the period July 2018 to June 2019
describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess
SDC’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report also
details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of SDC’s activities.
SDC
water to an unnamed tributary of the Waitōtara River, and to discharge emissions into the air. A
review of the consent for the discharge of wastewater to land (consent 2260-3) was initiated in June 2022 as
per the recommendations of the 2020-2021 Annual Report. The processing of the review was on-going
during the 2022-2023 year.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the year under review included four inspections, and the collection
of four wastewater and 28 groundwater samples for
sediment concentrations. Discharges of treated wastewater into the Inaha Stream complied with the
relevant consent conditions, and did not appear to have adverse effects beyond those provided for by the
resource consents. Biological monitoring of the Inaha Stream and tributaries did not indicate any recent
significant impacts from TBP operations. Most sampling locations received the same or improved health
rating for the macroinvertebrate community compared to the previous year, with most rated as
Manaia Road at
Kapuni, in the Kaupokonui catchment. The plant processes milk and whey permeate from dairy product
manufacture around the North Island. There is also an inhalation grade lactose plant on the site operated by
DFE Pharma (DFE plant), with stormwater discharges from the areas around this activity combined with
those of the lactose plant under consents held by the Company. Wastewater from the factory site is
disposed of by irrigation onto land on two nearby farms.
This report for
Information sheets Chemical storage (96 KB pdf) More info sheets Chemical storage (96 KB pdf) Concrete washings and concrete-cutting wastewater (35 KB pdf) Directional drilling (25 KB pdf) Flushing, draining and replacing radiators (25 KB pdf) Old vehicle parts and used batteries (55 KB pdf) Painting and plastering wastes (38 KB pdf) Service stations (53 KB pdf) Used oil and oily wastes (41 KB pdf) Washing earthmoving equipment (48 KB pdf) Water blasting (39 KB pdf) Stormwater Management Plan
Application for resource consent, Stratford wastewater treatment plant.
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Executive summary
Ample Group Ltd (the Company) operate an abattoir on Mountain Road, Stratford, in the Kahouri Stream
catchment and within the shared rohe of Ngāti Ruanui, Ngatiruahine, and Ngāti Maru. The Company
slaughters and processes cattle. In the past the Company also operated a rendering plant which further
processed products however this was decommissioned several years ago. Wastewater from the stockyards
and from the abattoir building is discharged into a two pond
says a third of the sites show significant improvement and 72% show a positive trend. None shows a significant decline, though 25% show an indication of decline. The report concludes that in general, the Council has set the right level of conditions on resource consents for the activities being monitored, resulting in little impact on freshwater ecological health. The monitored activities include water takes, landfills and wastewater treatment plants, but none in particular appears to show a
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consent. Call the Council on 0800 736 22 or email consents@trc.govt.nz. Seepage or runoffYou can discharge solid material or wastewater from industrial or trade premises to on to land without a consent if you can meet these conditions: You discharge only waste from your own property.
The discharge causes no ponding of water.
No waste or runoff enters water.
The discharge point is more than 25m from a waterway and more than 50 from any well or spring used as a water supply.
The discharge is not