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Executive summary
The New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) operates a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
located on Lincoln Road at Inglewood, in the Kurapete 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 NPDC’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under
review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
consents
The companies hold eight resource consents and one certificate of compliance; the details of which are
summarised in Table 1. Summaries of the conditions attached to each permit are set out in Section 3 of this
report.
A summary of the various consent types issued by the Council is included Appendix I, as are copies of all
permits held by the Companies during the period under review.
Port Taranaki’s stormwater and washdown wastewater discharge consents (0197-2.1 and 0198-2) both
in a
gas fired Power Station.
Feb
2016
June
2024
June
2033
Water discharge permits
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Consent
number Purpose Granted Review Expires
4560-2 To discharge wastewater from filter backwashing and
tank cleaning into the Waitara River.
Jan
2003
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June*
2021
7920-1
To discharge wastewater and stormwater from a
retention pond at the McKee Power Plant and Organic
Rankine Cycle Plant, into water and onto and into land
where it may
Document: 3233523 (Pdf)
March 2024
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The Stratford District Council (SDC) maintains a closed landfill located on Victoria Road at Stratford, in the
Pātea catchment. The landfill was closed to the public on 11 March 2002, and to commercial disposers on
23 March 2002. The site has more recently been used to dewater and dispose of oxidation pond sludge
from the adjacent municipal wastewater treatment plant. This activity ceased in
Operations and Regulatory Agenda Nov 2023 web
Operations and Regulatory Agenda 13 February 2024
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Application No. Consent No. Applicant Lodged Date Application Type Description Activity Type Location Catchment
24-01858-4.0 R2/1858-4.0 Stratford District Council 04-Mar-24 Replacement for expiring consent To discharge farm dairy effluent onto land Discharge Permit 202 Flint Road East, Stratford Patea
24-11016-1.1 R2/11016-1.1 Adrian van't Hof 06-Mar-24 New consent
To discharge treated domestic effluent from a wastewater treatment system
onto land Discharge Permit 34 Ngapapa
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Taranaki Regional Council
Public Notice of
Application for resource consent
PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the Taranaki Regional Council has received the following
application for resource consent.
The application is for a consent to replace an existing consent for ongoing operations at the Stratford
District Council’s Stratford Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Applicant: Stratford District Council
Address for service: C/- Harrison Grierson,
0597-3
Discharge plant production effluent and
contaminated stormwater by way of irrigation
onto land
31 August 2012 June 2029 1 June 2035
0598-3
Discharge uncontaminated stormwater and
raw water treatment plant wastewater to
Kapuni Stream
or tributary of Kapuni Stream during high
flows
31 August 2012 June 2029 1 June 2035
1766-3
Discharge treated effluent and stormwater to
Kapuni Stream when conditions do not allow
irrigation onto land
31 August 2012 June 2029 1
Group Ltd (the Company) operate an abattoir, located on Mountain Road at Stratford, in the Kahouri
Stream catchment, a tributary of the Patea River. The Company currently processes only beef. Wastewater is
treated in a two pond system, which is either irrigated to land when conditions allow, or to the Kahouri
Stream, ideally during high flow conditions. This report for the period July 2021 to June 2022 describes the
monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council)