September 2018
Regional Council
Taranaki
TO THE READERS OF TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL’S SUMMARY
OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018
Region’s story worth telling
Taranaki Regional Council Summary Annual Report 2017/2018
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Enforcing
environmental
standards
414 200
environmental
incidents
responded to.
Control and
cleanup initiated
where required.
abatement
notices served
infringement
notices issued.
67
Supporting
Road landfill flare temperature for the year under review 66
Figure 24 Flare feed gas flow rate and methane concentration during the year under review 66
Figure 25 Flare feed gas flow rate and methane concentration during the 2021-2022 year 67
Figure 26 Monthly landfill gas flow volumes flared, July 2018 to date 68
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Figure 27 Approximate daily methane volumes flared in the 2020-2021 to 2022-2023 years 69
Figure 28 Monthly operational/non-operational days
6. Taranaki Drum and Pallet Recycling 67
6.1 Introduction 67
6.1.1 Process description 67
6.1.2 Air discharge permit 68
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6.2 Results 68
6.2.1 Inspections 68
6.2.2 Investigations, interventions, and incidents 69
6.3 Discussion 69
6.3.1 Discussion of site performance 69
6.3.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 69
6.3.3 Evaluation of performance 69
6.3.4 Recommendations from the 2011-2012 Annual Report 70
Silver Fern Farms Waitotara Annual Report 2022-2023
Dairy Farm Practices and Management Report (DairyNZ)
discharge permit 63
8.1.3 Air discharge permit 64
8.2 Results 64
8.2.1 Water 64
8.2.1.1 Inspections 64
8.2.1.2 Results of discharge monitoring 64
8.2.2 Air 66
8.2.3 Investigations, interventions, and incidents 66
8.3 Discussion 67
8.3.1 Discussion of site performance 67
8.3.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 67
8.3.3 Evaluation of performance 67
8.3.4 Recommendation from the 2012-2014 Biennial Report 69
8.3.5 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2015-2016 69
receiving waters monitoring 66
Investigations, interventions, and incidents 67
13.3 Discussion 67
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Discussion of site performance 67
Environmental effects of exercise of consents 67
Evaluation of performance 67
Recommendations from the 2017-2018 Annual report 68
Alterations to the monitoring programme for 2019-2020 68
Exercise of optional review of consents 69
13.4 Recommendation 69
14 TPJ Partnership – Rainie Road, Hawera 70
14.1
occur in any WWTP which, together with fluctuations in waste
loadings, would result in chlorophyll-a variability.
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The results of the main pond effluent analyses are provided in Table 3 together with field observations of
pond appearance.
Table 3 Chlorophyll-a levels and main pond appearance
Date Time (NZST) Appearance Chlorophyll-a
(mg/m³)
Range for the period
2013-mid 2022
Range Median
5 Oct 2022 1015 Turbid, green brown 67
<1.0-270 17 6 Mar
investigations, and interventions 67
15.4 Evaluation of performance 67
16 Mangati Stream 69
16.1 Water quality monitoring 69
16.2 Biological monitoring 74
16.2.1 Fish survey 74
16.2.2 Macroinvertebrate surveys 76
16.2.2.1 January 2023 survey 78
16.2.2.2 March 2023 survey 79
17 Discussion 81
17.1 Discussion of site performance 81
17.2 Environmental effects of exercise of consents 81
17.3 Evaluation of performance 82
17.4 Recommendations from the 2021-2022 Annual Report 82
17.5
surveys 59
4.2.10.3 Cyanobacteria 60
Timaru Stream at Weld Road (near mouth) 61 4.2.11
4.2.11.1 Comparison with guidelines 63
4.2.11.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 63
4.2.11.3 Benthic cyanobacteria 64
Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach 65 4.2.12
4.2.12.2 Compliance with guidelines 67
4.2.12.3 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 68
Oakura River below SH45 69 4.2.13
4.2.13.1 Comparison with guidelines 71
4.2.13.2 Comparison with previous summers’ surveys 72
4.2.13.3