Summer 2015-2016
Freshwater recreational bathing monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
Freshwater recreational bathing monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
your descriptions of inherent vulnerabilities for each land unit includes: the biophysical feature or features relating to the inherent vulnerability (this may be included in the land unit description), e.g., landform, climate. the specific nature of the feature or features that may give rise to vulnerabilities to freshwater (this may also be included in the land unit description) e.g., siltstone hill-country in a high- rainfall area that is prone to shallow slipping. the
complying with consent conditions. The Company records the volume of each discharge which is pumped from the site to the outlet structure adjacent to the Kapuni Stream. A summary of the total volume of stormwater discharged each month is provided in Figure 4. The total discharge to the stream was approximately one third of previous years. This reduction was attributed to a decrease in rainfall (the recorder at Kaupokonui at Glenn Road recorded 788mm compared with 1,364mm in the 2022/23 year).
for refurbishment. The non-compliant discharge volumes were attributed to recurrent periods of high rainfall which first occurred in the 2016-2017 monitoring period. Due to this, all enforcement actions were outlined in the previous monitoring report. In summary, following two 14 day letters and a number of stakeholder meetings, STDC were required to provide a report on inflow and infiltration and undertake additional shellfish monitoring. Further investigations found that the discharges
Freshwater recreational bathing monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
three day period following significant river/stream fresh conditions. [NB: regional differences in rainfall patterns have caused difficulties at various sites in the past as localised rainfall may impact on bacteriological quality on isolated occasions]. Where necessary, a 2 metre sampling pole was used for bacteriological sample collection immediately beneath the water surface and at a minimum of calf depth at the sites. Thirteen samples were collected from all but the Lake Ratapiko site (10
after a substantial rainfall event in the hinterland and coincided with the highest turbidity (120 NTU) recorded during the survey period. It has been noted, during past survey periods, that the three-day post rainfall sampling protocols followed by the SEM programme for the other (ringplain) catchment sites are not necessarily appropriate for baseline assessments of bacteriological water quality at this site near the mouth of this predominantly eastern hill country catchment river as a result
Figure 3 Photograph of sampling location in relation to residential areas page 5 Figure 4 Coastal orientation of New Plymouth 1.1.3 Meteorology Taranaki’s climate is determined by its westerly position, its mid latitude location, and its topography. The region lies in the path of weather systems moving west over the Tasman Sea. The region is generally sunny and windy, with moderate temperatures and regular rainfall throughout the year. Westerly winds predominate in
application depths greater than soil water deficits, is likely to occur when irrigation is scheduled too early or application depths are not matched to predetermined deficit levels. In some situations it may also occur when irrigation precedes high rainfall events. Poor application uniformity results in localised areas of high application depths, which are more prone to pugging. Higher than acceptable levels of uniformity can be due to a number of factors including: operating system outside
piezometers and total daily rainfall values 9 List of photos Photo 1 Brophy wetland area 4 Photo 2 Excavated outflow drain 5 page 1 1. Introduction 1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1.1.1 Introduction This report is the Annual Report for the period July 2012- June 2013 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) describing the monitoring programme associated with the