amend the current consent. The site has not been used in recent years. The discharge site is approximately 120 m long and 25 m wide, and is shown in Figure 2. Patea Beach is an elevated site which for most of the time is dry. Rain that does fall on the site drains away at a very rapid rate. The site does not suffer from flooding from rain or tidal action, due to its elevation. 1 The Council has used these compliance grading
The year began with Taranaki's second driest January ever, with none of our monitored sites getting even a third of their normal rainfall for the month. Totals ranged from 8% to 29% of normal, with an average of 17%, and our monitored sites recorded rain only on three to seven days during the month. Stratford recorded just 13.5mm, its lowest January total since records began in 1998. Our monitored sites on Taranaki Maunga recorded 17% to 23% of their normal Janary rainfall, with rain on five to
Bus travel will be free across Taranaki on Friday 20 September, as Taranaki Regional Council celebrates World Car Free Day. The annual event, recognised by more than 2000 cities worldwide, encourages people to leave their cars at home and embrace sustainable travel options, promoting a cleaner and healthier future. World Car Free Day officially falls on Sunday, 22 September, however public bus services do not operate on Sundays. The Council’s Transport Engagement Manager, Cheryl Gazley, says
first newsletter of 2022. We hope everyone has been able to relax and enjoy the wonderful summer weather we have been having although the rain that is falling this weekend is very welcome from a gardening point of view. Here in New Plymouth, albeit the sunniest city in New Zealand, rain fell on 4 days in January giving a total of 12.5ml. Yesterday alone we had 180ml, twice the normal rainfall for February. Most of you will have received the 2022 Calendar of Events with the January
page Doc. No: 2747617 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR March 2021 Provisional Data Only Note: some sites record a number of parameters Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region Station Sub-region Monthly Year to Date Records Began Number of rain days (>0.5mm) Total Monthly Rainfall (mm) % of Monthly Normal (%) Total to date (mm) % of Normal for year to date % of average full calendar year Nth
There were plenty of April showers last month with nearly 775mm of rain at the North Egmont Visitors Centre and 574.5mm at Dawson Falls. Rainfall was on average 101.8% of the long-term average, and ranged from 65% at Taungatara at Eltham Rd and Oeo u/s Awatuna Wetland, to 192% at Matarawa at Matarawa Valley. Year to date rainfall is sitting between 103% (Mangati at SH3) and 206% (Matarawa at Matarawa Valley) with an average of 139.7% of normal. Mean river flows were 133.8% of typical values,
rivers including all NOF criteria. Attribute criteria Total no. sites Attribute grade A B C D E % >540 22 2 0 2 9 9 % >260 22 3 1 0 7 11 Median 22 4 N/A N/A 7 11 Q95 22 2 1 0 19 N/A Overall grade 22 2 0 1 7 12 The assessment shows that only three out of the 22 monitoring sites meet the minimum standard (band C; based on the national swimmability target), while the remaining 19 sites fall within band D (7 sites), or band E (12 sites). The two
for municipal and rural water supply. Did you ever wonder why many rivers have water in them when it hasn’t rained for days or weeks, there’s no snow melting, and the ground is dry? The rivers are being filled up by water coming from out of the ground in the form of springs and seepages which brings us on to the topic of groundwater. Groundwater facts Groundwater is water which occurs in formations below the earth’s surface. In Taranaki we use 44,022m3 per day but recharge
of gravity (Photo 5 to 7). Discharge from Pond F to the unnamed tributary of the Kurapete Stream occurs via a steel pipe access culvert. The tributary flows approximately 600 m before joining the Kurapete Stream upstream of the Everett Road Bridge. In an emergency (e.g., during a sustained heavy rain event), Ponds B and C are bypassed as water is pumped directly from Pond A to Pond D where it travels through the system to Pond F. Contouring and bunding of the site directs stormwater to Ponds
typical example. Water Rain: - raindrops falling on bare earth wash the soil away. The rain soaks into the soil making it heavier and causing it to sometimes slip away. Sea: -waves crash against the coast, grinding rocks into sand and cutting back the edge of the coast. Coastal drift carries the sand along the coast to calmer water where it builds beaches. Rivers: - the force of the flow cuts away at the banks of the river causing them to become undercut and fall