satisfied with the region’s three bus services – the Connector, North Taranaki’s Citylink network and South Taranaki’s Southlink - provided by the Taranaki Regional Council. The overwhelming support came from a representative group of passengers, about 130 residents, who were surveyed and rated each of the services on comfort, availability, timeliness, driver attitude and price while riding the buses in June and July. Council Transport Services Manager Chris
1 Daily water abstraction by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, July 2013 – June 2014, m³ 16 Figure 2 Daily water abstraction by Ballance Agri-Nutrients, July 2014-June 2015, m³ 17 Figure 3 Irrigation areas 28 Figure 4 Nitrogen application rates on spray irrigation areas, January 1992 to June 2015 30 Figure 5 Locations of groundwater monitoring bores 34 Figure 6 Total nitrogen concentrations in groundwater beneath spray irrigation areas (bores 10-2 and W1, and bore 10/5) 36 Figure 7
average. Base diagram source: IPCC. Temperatures measured at climate stations across the region show marked increases in air, water and soil temperature, particularly over the past decade. Changes in river water temperature are more subtle, while air and soil temperatures have risen sharply, with soil temperature increasing at a rate of around 1.4°C per decade. Changes over 10 to 15 year periods are affected by long-term climate trends as well as changes due to shorter
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 Trust’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) in accordance
responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the region’s resources. 1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by STDC, this report also assigns a rating as to STDC’s environmental and administrative performance during the period under review. Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from
showed that all daily volume limits and instantaneous abstraction rates were complied with. During the year, NPDC demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative performance with the resource consents. For reference, in the 2015-2016 year, 71% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental performance and compliance with their consents, while another 24% demonstrated a good level of
spoke to the memorandum to adopt the Council’s 2019/2020 Annual Plan. Chairman MacLeod gave a brief background to the process leading up today, and thanked management staff for their effort and hard work required over this process. Resolved THAT the Taranaki Regional Council: a) receives and acknowledges, with thanks, the submissions forwarded in response to the Consultation Document on the 2019/2020 Annual Plan b) confirms a nil general rates change for 2019/2020 c)
with State of the Environment monitoring requirements. The 2012-2013 programme continued to incorporate these changes. A later consultant’s report (in 2000) re-confirmed trends (using up-dated methodology) that the lake was phosphorus limited and remained mesotrophic. Further trend reporting for the period 1990-2006 was provided as a component of the consents renewal process and suggested that while there has been a very slow rate of increase in trophic level, the lake would be classified as
accordance with State of the Environment monitoring requirements. The 2011-2012 programme continued to incorporate these changes. A later consultant’s report (in 2000) re-confirmed trends (using up-dated methodology) that the lake was phosphorus limited and remained mesotrophic. Further trend reporting for the period 1990-2006 was provided as a component of the consents renewal process and suggested that while there has been a very slow rate of increase in trophic level, the lake would be
Intake fish entrainment trial 18 2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 20 2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 20 2.1.3.2 Contingency discharges 24 2.1.3.3 Domestic sewage 24 2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 24 2.1.4.1 Tributary monitoring for total nitrogen 26 2.2 Land 27 2.2.1 Inspections 28 2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 29 2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 29 2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates 29 2.2.2.2.1 Cut-and-carry areas 29 2.2.2.2.2 Grazed