generally complied with their consent conditions in regards to
discharge standards and abstraction rates. In comparison to previous years, the monitoring indicated that
CCCWSL’s compliance with abstraction rate limits had declined slightly. The maximum abstraction limit was
exceeded for an extended period of time in order to maintain water supply for consumers on two occasions
when pipes had burst. This was recorded as a non-compliance in respect to the resource consent, and an
Abatement Notice was
inspections, sixteen water
samples collected for physicochemical analysis and three biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters. In
addition, monthly emission results and abstraction records were provided to the Council by the Company
which were reviewed.
The monitoring showed that the Stratford Power Station continued to be well managed with negligible
environmental effects as a result of the exercise of their consents.
Surface water abstraction was compliant with daily rate and volume. Process
two consents to discharge effluent and stormwater into the Waingongoro River, two
consents to discharge effluent and solids to land, two consents for structures in watercourses, and one
consent to discharge emissions into the air at the plant site.
Monitoring is carried out by both the Company and the Council. The Company monitors water abstraction
rate, effluent flow rate and composition, receiving water quality, odour at the plant boundaries, effluent
loadings and soil and herbage for
obligations.
Comments and Recommendations
Option 1 was the Council’s preferred option. The regional community was evenly
split between the two options. If the Council were to move to Option 2, this would
result in an increase in budgets of $360,000 which would result in the increase in
total rates moving from 16.32% to 18.23%. It is recommended that Option 1 be
adopted and included in the 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan.
Recommendations:
That the Taranaki Regional
environmental
performance and compliance for 864 (89%) of a total of 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of the 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored
monitoring programmes. Another 96 (10%) of the consents achieved a good level of environmental
performance and compliance. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement in their
performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
The Company has achieved high environmental and compliance ratings for each year since the 2013-2014
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Rate of Activity
Numbers drop off since 2012
Energy Jumps
Rate relatively uniform, except for
post-2012 drop (due to analysis
change- post Chch)
Energy depends largely on
highest magnitude earthquakes
(M>~5)
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Deformation Network
management
of its natural resources. Reporting allows evaluation and demonstration of the overall rate of
compliance by sector and by consent holders as a whole, and of trends in the improvement of our
environment.
• The Council’s accountability and transparency. Reporting gives validity to investment in
monitoring and to assessments of effective intervention.
3. These compliance monitoring reports have been submitted to each consent holder for comment and
confirmation of
Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a high level in the year