of the stockpiling facilities.
The predominant soil type has been identified as gravelly sand and the vegetation cover is pasture, recently
converted from native bush. Average annual rainfall for the site is 1,942 mm (taken from the nearby
‘Stratford’ monitoring station).
No consents were initially held to discharge stormwater from this stockpiling site, as it was expected to
comply with the permitted activity criteria in Rule 23 of the Regional Freshwater Plan (RFWP). However, a
Full Taranaki Regional Council meeting agenda November 2020
Executive, Audit & Risk Committee agenda December 2021
(if any) of the discharges being monitored.
One macroinvertebrate survey was carried out on 26 April 2018 at three surface water monitoring sites in
the Piakau Stream. A post-fracturing survey could not be undertaken as the necessary flow conditions were
not met within the required timeframe4.
4 A period of up to 10 days is required between rainfall events to meet the necessary flow conditions to enable a robust survey to
4 A period of up to 10 days is required between rainfall events to meet the necessary flow conditions to enable a robust survey to
be undertaken.
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2 Results
2.1 Consent holder submitted data
2.1.1 Kowhai-5 post-fracturing discharge report
The conclusions from the Kowhai-5 post-fracturing discharge report are summarised as follows:
• A total of three of the eight zones planned were fractured over the period 22 January 2019 to 11
March 2019 at depths
Methanex Motunui and Waitara Valley Combined Monitoring Annual Report 2020 2021
Policy & Planning Committee agenda August 2021
Lower Waiwhakaiho industries consent monitoring report 2017-2018