was no sign of recent overflow discharges into the Kurapete Stream. The WWTP and facilities were
operating satisfactorily, with the pond perimeter tracks recently mown. No odours were noted onsite.
20 May 2019
An inspection was conducted in fine weather with light wind. Rainfall of 276 mm of rain was recorded at the
Inglewood WWTP Council weather station in the month prior.
The primary screen was operating and wastes were fully contained. The primary aeration pond was a turbid
brown
Urenui & Onaero motor camps consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
climate, with abundant rainfall and high sunshine hours, makes the region lush, green
and fertile.
Rainfall
Annual rainfall varies throughout the region. Some coastal areas receive less than 1,400 mm annually, while
the summit of Mount Taranaki receives around 7,500 mm.
Heavy rainfall events do occur and there can be extremes. In 2012 heavy rain caused a number of slips on
the coastal road around Mount Taranaki, including a large slip at Oākura that covered the road, burying a
reflect that rainfall at the coast is richer in chloride and
sodium, compared to rainfall that falls inland. Nearly two thirds of GQMP sites plot
below the SWDL, suggesting that much of the region’s groundwater is enriched with
sodium from rock/water interactions with sodium rich source rocks.
26. An analysis of nitrate concentrations over the entire GQMP network suggests that there
has been little change in groundwater nitrate levels over the last five years. There is
weak statistical
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Table 7 Chemical analysis of the Puremu Stream, sampled on 5
April 2016 38
Table 8 Results of metal analysis undertaken on 8 December 2015 39
Table 9 Results of metal analysis undertaken on 5 April 2016 40
Table 10 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu
Stream samples, 11 August 2015 42
Table 11 Results of rain event monitoring - Manganaha Stream, 11
August 2015 42
Table 12 Results of additional samples collected at inspection, 8
September 2015 43
Table 13
expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48).
Rule 49 provides for groundwater abstraction as a controlled activity, subject to two
conditions:
•
relatively high (300
mm below the concrete waveband), and this was light green and slightly turbid. There was a mild odour in
the area. Numerous Canadian Geese and mallard ducks were observed on the pond surface.
The wetland pond levels were high and the wetland sump pump was operating at the time of the
inspection. The ponds were pale green in colour and relatively clear.
Surface water from overnight rain was discharging via two of the open trenches to the coast. Works
undertaken to ensure …
to discharge.
1.3 Resource consents
1.3.1 Water abstraction permit
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
TAG Oil (NZ) Ltd holds water permit 9211-1 to take saline groundwater from the
Lower Mateamateaonga Formation for use in water flooding activities. This permit
environment extends beyond the coastal
marine area (that part of the environment
regulated via that Coastal Plan) and may
include parts of rivers and streams where
there are significant coastal processes,
influence or qualities. Such areas would also
fall under the scope of the Freshwater Plan.
Of particular significance to the issue of
Freshwater Plan review are policies 21 and
23(1) of the NZCPS:
“Policy 21: Enhancement of water quality
Where the quality of water in the coastal