5266-2 relates to the discharge of emissions into the air at this
site.
An associated consent held by Lloyd Gernhoefer Contractor Ltd (consent 5352-3) permits the discharge of
the contents of effluent treatment ponds, dairy effluent storage ponds, and solids from herd homes to land
throughout the Taranaki region.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the year under review included three inspections and the
collection of two wastewater and receiving water samples collected for
for the year under review included three inspections at each beach
camp and one low tide bacteriological sampling survey encompassing four sites at Urenui Beach Camp, and
five sites at Onaero Bay Holiday Park. As in previous years, the bacteriological monitoring did not detect any
adverse environmental effects caused by the beach camps’ wastewater systems during the 2022-2023
monitoring period.
NPDC is currently under Abatement Notices EAC-23206 and EAC-23207 for exceeding the consented
Executive summary
South Taranaki District Council (STDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located on
South Road at Ōpunake, in the Otahi and Heimama catchments. This is a three-stage treatment system
comprised of a primary oxidation pond, a wetlands treatment system, and a subsurface, reticulated soakage
trench system that subsequently discharges to an unnamed coastal stream between the Otahi Stream and
the Heimama Stream.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023
monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1
1.1.1 Introduction 1
1.1.2 Structure of this report 1
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance 2
1.2 Process description 2
1.2.1 Water discharges 3
1.2.1.1 Stormwater 4
1.2.1.2 Wastewater 5
1.3 Resource consents 5
1.4 Monitoring programme 6
1.4.1 Introduction 6
1.4.2 Programme liaison and management 6
1.4.3
June
annually
01 Jun
2033
10950-1
To discharge produced water, well drilling fluids and
wastewater into the McKee Formation by deep well
injection at the McKee-C wellsite
16 Sep
2021
June
annually
01 Jun
2039
9970-1.2
To discharge waste fluids, associated with
hydrocarbon exploration and production by deep
well injection, into the Matemateaonga Formation via
the KW2 and KW16 wells, or into the Mangahewa
Formation via the KA1 and/or KA7 wells or Moki and
the area
grassed. The landfill is monitored by the Council under the Eltham wastewater treatment plant/Eltham
landfill combined monitoring programme.
Historically the water quality in the Mangawhero Stream was quite poor due to the discharges from the
Eltham wastewater treatment plant and it was difficult to fully assess any impact from the landfill on the
stream. Generally no deterioration in water quality was found when comparing upstream and downstream
sites.
Now that the Eltham
Port Area Industrial Catchments Annual Report 2022-2023
June 2023 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
Council) describing the monitoring programme associated with 14 industries within the catchment of the
Mangati Stream, Bell Block.
Overall, a good level of environmental performance was achieved by the consent holders in the industrial
area of the Mangati Stream catchment.
The Mangati catchment has, in the past, been heavily utilised for the disposal of stormwater and
wastewaters from a large number of industrial sites. As a consequence of
Executive summary
The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
located on Castle Street at Eltham, in the Waingongoro catchment. This report for the period July 2022 to
June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the
Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period
under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and
Ordinary Council Agenda February 2024 Part 1