is approximately 6.1 km2. The length
of the catchment, from the headwaters between Paraite and Corbett Roads to the sea at Bell Block beach, is
approximately five kilometres.
The industrial area at Bell Block is situated mid-catchment (Figure 1). Historically, the industrial areas were
located predominantly on the western side of the stream however ongoing development since 2016 has
resulted in more sites on the eastern side. These sites fall under permitted activity rules and are not
sea, but these are generally few in number and only the rare spills have a major and
indeed measurable impact on seafoods in the area.
“Indirect” discharges is a term used to generally describe the effects of rivers on the
coast, and therefore include the considerable amounts of faecal bacteria, nutrients and
solids carried down the Waitara River after rain on the farms and hill country
upstream (now seen as the major source of these in local seafoods). The material and
between inlet works and
screenings building blocked up
with rags causing wastewater
discharge.
N No
Blockage cleared, site cleaned
and sanitised. Procedures
updated to prevent
reoccurrence.
22 August
2022
Heavy rainfall caused high flows
at the inlet works overwhelming
band screens
N No
Problem resolved as rain
eased and inflows reduced.
22 August
2022
High rainfall caused Clarifier 3 to
overwash. N No
Overwash stopped as rain
eased.
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site. The consent (7645-1) is held by Alby M Limited,
and compliance monitoring of consent 7645-1 is not included in this report
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Results
2.2.1 Inspections
21 September 2022
It was raining with a light breeze at the time of the inspection. The cap was in good condition and was
showing no signs of slumping. There was some ponding present, but the inspection was during a rain event,
thus this would be expected. There was evidence of good stock rotation and
however the bung was missing allowing rainwater and possibly contaminants to discharge onto the ground.
One solution would be to place an oliophillic mat below the pump to capture any hydrocarbon while
allowing rainwater to drain, this was discussed with staff at the time of the inspection. Also discussed was
the purposed and use of plastic matting under the rig. For some areas plastic matting is suitable, however
for others the matting needs to be used to capture solid/liquid that falls from the
being undertaken to reduce the footprint of the pad. This would greatly reduce the volume of stormwater
collected within the pad. Consequently there would be less pumping to the wetland treatment system and
therefore, generally an increase of retention time within the treatment system. RNZ were instructed to
ensure that uncontaminated storm water runoff was unable to enter the paunch pad, so that only the rain
that falls into the pond is required to be pumped through the wetland treatment
installed as per manufacturer's specifications or as outlined in the Water Measurement Code of Practice. You must provide an installation certificate to the Council following any new installation. Verification of water metersFor measuring and reporting to be useful, we must be able to rely confidently on the water-take data we get. All water meters that fall under the national regulations or under resource consent requirement must be verified to be accurate to within ± 5%.
Verification is required
installed as per manufacturer's specifications or as outlined in the Water Measurement Code of Practice. You must provide an installation certificate to the Council following any new installation. Verification of water metersFor measuring and reporting to be useful, we must be able to rely confidently on the water-take data we get. All water meters that fall under the national regulations or under resource consent requirement must be verified to be accurate to within ± 5%.
Verification is required
the contained area or soak hole, even in
the heavy rain occurring at the time of inspection. Overall the site looked tidy and appeared to be well
managed at the time of inspection.
21 February 2019
The site has had a few new loads of green waste placed on it. There was no evidence of any stormwater or
leachate discharge on site and there was nothing collected in the contained corner of the site. Overall the
site was being managed in an appropriate manner at the time of inspection. …
sites were inspected on three occasions
during the monitoring year. A summary of the notes made during these inspections is
given below.
2.1.1 9 August 2012
A site visit was made to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection. It was raining at
the time of the inspection with 14 mm falling over the past 72 hours.
A meeting was held at the site office with the director of the Company to discuss the
new consents. The requirement to provide management plans was also discussed.
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