Land management category winners in the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Agriscience C and J McCowan Partnership - for outstanding effort protecting and improving the environment through sustainable land management and farming practices. Steep slopes, high rainfall and erodible soils may seem considerable challenges, but sustainable and profitable farming is still possible. Campbell and Jodene McCowan work hard to achieve it on their 118-hectare
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Provisional data only
Total rainfall (mm)to date
xxx yy%
KEY
% of average ‘year to date’ rainfall
xxx yy %
NEW
PLYMOUTH
H WERAĀ
ELTHAM
Kaka Rd
P teaā
K tareō
Motunui
Brooklands
Inglewood
Pohokura
SaddleNorth Egmont
Stratford
Huinga
Cape Egmont
Dawson Falls
Glenn Rd
Whareroa
Rimunui
Jan-May 4220 Rainfall
94%702
98%775
97%563
68%428
88%726
96%663
7 %21,716
71%513
83%487
78%417
76%1,636
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Quarries Limited –
Everett Road 9
Figure 3 Civil Quarries independent groundwater monitoring (blue) and flow gauging sites (orange) 10
Figure 4 Combined abstraction rate plotted against rainfall at Everett Park. The red lines indicate the
consented limit (20L/s and the 5% margin of error) 14
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Figure 5 Biomonitoring sites in the Kurapete Stream in relation to the quarry discharge with taxa
number, MCI scores and SQMCI scores presented for each site 17
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December 2020 Year to Date Rainfall
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2020 rainfall (January-December) - monitored sites
2020 rainfall (January-December) distribution
Good management of stormwater runoff from worksites is important to prevent contamination of waterways or groundwater. This page discusses stormwater runoff from industrial or trade sites. See the earthworks page for information on the stormwater management requirements for development or building sites. Best practice Plan your site carefully.
Construct drains or slope your site so that rainfall runoff doesn’t cross your working areas. This keeps uncontaminated water separate from waste water,
