good bunding practices were observed. There was no discharge from the site to the
river. A pilot flare was operating with no visible sign of flame, smoke, or heat haze noted.
9 June 2022
The site was tidy and well managed with drip trays and chemical bunding in use and no spills or stains
evident. Persistent heavy rain had preceded the inspection and the stormwater system was coping well with
all stormwater being collected and directed for treatment prior to discharge from the site.
groundwater
bore was in poor condition. All activity still appeared to have ceased at the
Derby Road North site.
10 February 2014
Inspection was conducted in conjunction with groundwater sampling:-
• No material had been stored or spread via this site for some years.
• The old cells and stormwater ponds were full of rain water.
• No sheen was evident, but some odour was observed immediately downwind
of the cells during groundwater sampling.
• No other issues were noted.
State of the Environment Report 2015
Policy and Planning Agenda March 2025
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
mornings the two week rain forecast is received from ‘WeatherWatch’, a
professional weather forecasting business.
9.3 The irrigation model is updated using this information and emailed to Uruti.
9.4 The Uruti Site operator records the level in the irrigation pond Monday morning.
9.5 The Site Manager plans the weeks irrigation based on the irrigation pond level, the rain
forecast, and the application rate (rates are attached see Irrigation Areas/Rates). This
information is posted on the
increasingly popular as storage system, which is easy to install, reduces odour and no
rainfall into the tank means you can considerably reduce the amount of storage needed, an option to consider
in high rain fall areas.
Typically, farm dairy effluent is directed to a sand trap then tank with pump system, effluent is then applied
directly to land or to the bladder.
The Bladder will have a return valve, effluent is gravity feed from the bladder back to the tank, were it is then
applied to land
innovative
solar power farm, farmers and a group
who have worked to safeguard freshwater
and efforts to improve biodiversity in the
eastern hill country.
Our work to let people know if it’s safe for
a dip in the sea, a river or a lake ramped up
for the summer with weekly Can I Swim
Here? monitoring at 41 popular swimming
spots. The message is for people to wait
three days after heavy or prolonged rain
and check our website for warnings. Water
users such as boaties,
STDC STDC Kaponga, Manaia, Pātea, and Waverley wastewater treatment plant monitoring report 2019-2020