remain high
for the Mt Messenger and Awakino projects.
STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION
The Council finished the 2015/2016 year with a surplus
of $963,000 (total comprehensive income). Expenditure
was $373,000 over budget, in large part due to the
Council providing unbudgeted emergency funding to
assist those in need following the severe winter storm
damage. Overall it was a good result, noting that
general rates increases have been at or below the rate
of inflation
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1 Introduction
Currently, the minor taking and use of surface and groundwater in the Taranaki region is
a Permitted Activity within the Taranaki Regional Council’s Regional Freshwater Plan
[“Plan”], subject to various conditions relating in the main to abstraction flow rates and
daily volumes (refer Appendix One).
Remediation (NZ) Ltd
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by the total irrigation area. The sampling data was grouped into seasons ie Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring
and the seasonal results were averaged to calculate a seasonal Nitrogen concentration average.
Summer Autumn Winter Spring
Nitrogen concentration
g/m3
341.8 305.8 159.8 126.0
Vol
pumped N concentration Total N Application rate
m3 g/m3 Kg
region’s larger estuaries north
and south of the ring plain, as well as a number of smaller
stream mouths where tidal intrusion was marginal but
may occasionally occur. Three main outputs were provided
for each estuary: a habitat map, a vulnerability rating and
recommendations for future monitoring.
Overall vulnerability to the effects of sedimentation and
eutrophication was determined to be ‘high’ in five estuaries,
‘moderate to high’ in another five, ‘moderate’ in
assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) …
The stormwater system was upgraded to a first flush catch system, aimed at reducing the concentration of
contaminants entering the firepond.
The dilution rate of the wastewater discharge to the Inaha Stream was compliant for the duration of the
discharge (101 days). The analysis of the oxygen and the sodium absorption ratio of the wastewater was
compliant when assessed.
The application of wastewater to land was limited to below 250 kg N/ha across all irrigation paddocks,
including …
utilisation of additional pasture production is likely include the following:
Increase in stocking rate to utilise additional production during the summer and
autumn for increased milk solids production per hectare. Typically this would mean
an increase in stocking rate by approximately 0.4 to 0.6 cows per hectare
Reduction in supplementary feeding, such as silage and maize silage during the late
summer and autumn
Fewer cows are likely to dry off early due to higher pasture production in
environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating
abstraction rate from the Patea River during the low flow period. One incident was recorded
as a result and a letter requiring an explanation was issued. The subsequent response was
accepted.
During the year, SDC demonstrated a good level of both environmental and administrative
performance.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year.
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1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the
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3.4 Legal description of property at site of activity (refer to land title or rates notice)
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3.5 Assessment/Valuation number of property (refer to land title or rates notice)
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3.6 What is