the 2021/2031 Long-Term
Plan (LTP)). General rates will increase by $1.77m (15%)
for 2023/2024 – an extra $30 per year for most residential
ratepayers. The LTP had forecast a $0.58m (5%) rise for
2023/2024. The Dividend Equalisation Reserve, grown
through the Council’s long-standing ownership of Port
Taranaki Ltd, contributed $1m to offset the rise in
general rates.
While there are no new work programmes to those set
out in the LTP, specific additions in the Plan include
Fern Farms in relation to their Waitotara site 9
Table 2 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous groundwater abstraction rates 2018-2019 13
Table 3 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2018-2019 14
Table 4 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2018-2019 15
Table 5 Groundwater monitoring sites 16
Table 6 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2018 to September 2019 17
Table 7 Chemical composition of Te Kiri o
Kapuni WTP sample results 27 June 2013 38
Table 4 Results of sampling at the Waimate West WTP 9 April 2013 38
Table 5 Results of sampling at the Inaha WTP 15 April 2013 39
Table 6 Compliance with abstraction rates at the Patea bores 47
Table 7 Compliance with consents 0634 and 3911 49
Table 8 Compliance with abstraction rates at the Waverley bores 50
Table 9 Summary of compliance in regards to abstraction rates,
volumes and data 55
Table 10 Summary of performance for
7)).
f. Insufficient characterisation of soils, particularly the
Anthropic Soils identified in the upper irrigation areas, to
determine the suitability of the irrigation rates and proposed
irrigation regime.
24 The Officer’s Report proposes Condition 37, which details the
requirements for a Site Exit Plan (SEP). Condition 37 proposes a
start date for preparation of the SEP (within 3 months of the
commencement date of these consents). I recommend the
inclusion of a date that the
physicochemical analysis and three biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters. In
addition, monthly emission results and abstraction records were provided to the Council which were
reviewed.
The monitoring showed that the Stratford Power Station continued to be well managed with negligible
environmental effects as a process of the exercise of their consents.
Surface water abstraction was compliant with daily rate and volume. Process water discharges were
compliant with consent defined …
requirement of the renewed
consent.
Stormwater from the site continued to be diverted to containment ponds, with the stormwater batch released
after quality checks. Sample results for the discharge samples collected by the Council were within those
prescribed by consent conditions.
Particulate deposition from air emissions was, in general, similar to the previous monitoring periods. At the
monitoring site west of the plant site the lactose deposition rate was found to be 7% over the guideline
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 consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as
Kapuni Stream abstraction 11
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2.1.2.3 Intake options report and monitoring programme 11
2.1.2.4 Annual meeting regarding the Waingongoro River intake and
environmental performance 11
2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 12
2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 12
2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 16
2.2 Land 17
2.2.1 Inspections 18
2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 19
2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 19
2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates …
bank of the river.
This work is programmed for next summer.
3Work has started on the SH Normanby project.
Contractors raise the stopbanks upstream of the Town Bridge.
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Regional rates outlook stable
The Taranaki Regional Council has signalled
essentially no change in rates next year
despite plans to expand some programmes.
The Council’s draft budget for 2015/2016
envisages an overall decrease of $34,594, or
a little over a
from the
Stratford WTP’s backwash pond.
During the monitoring period SDC complied with all abstraction and discharge limits, and all abstraction
data was provided in timely manner. Toko water supply still has minor issues in regards to how abstraction
rates were measured, however a compliance plan was put in place to rectify this.
During the year, the SDC demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and a good level of
administrative performance.
For reference, in the