in the 2015-2016 monitoring
period, as none was scheduled within the baseline monitoring programme. Because of
the reduction of treated piggery effluent discharge periods including the reduction of
pig numbers, a biomonitoring survey was not considered necessary on this occasion.
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Results 2.
Water 2.1
Inspections 2.1.1
6 August 2015
The first inspection for the monitoring period was carried out after a period of heavy
rain throughout the
a regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set
out in Section 14.
Section 15(1)(a) of the Resource Management Act stipulates that no person may
discharge any contaminant into water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by
a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
Section 13(1)(a) of the Resource Management Act stipulates that no person may use,
erect, reconstruct, place, alter, extend, remove or demolish any structure or
extended-duration
nuisance blooms reflecting high nutrient
enrichment and/or significant alteration
of the natural flow regime or habitat.
* The productive class is defined by River Environment Classification (REC) types, with a combination of dry climate categories
and soft-sedimentary, volcanic acidic and volcanic basic geology. All sites that do not fall in these categories are in the default
class.
1.3 Periphyton
Periphyton is the ‘slime’ and algae found on the beds of lakes and rivers. This
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.
Ballance holds three permits to abstract water.
1.3.1.1 Waingongoro River
Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Kapuni) Ltd holds water permit 0596-3 to take water from
the Waingongoro River for operation of an ammonia/urea plant. This consent was
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issued
A cover should be applied to reduce excess moisture
retention from rain events.
c. The Revital contract spreader will ensure that before the
product is spread it has met 2(a) above, and the spreading
records will be filed as part of the completed order;
i. If Revital are not spreading a particular order, then
the Grower or Contract Spreader to advise RNZ when
this is to be done and gain clearance before spreading
proceeds. This will be noted on the completed order.
fertilizer bags which were stored away from the stream and were
to be removed when site access was safe. The area was slippery as a result of recent
rain and was steep, limiting access.
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3.38 A number of containment points were established below the discharge point with
the primary containment point being at the culvert about 400 m below the
discharge point (Figure 2). Photographs were taken.
Figure 2 Rimu A pipeline leak response and contingency plan details
Photo 1 Waihapa Production Station
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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.
TWNLP holds water permit 3767-2 to take water from the Ngaere Stream in the Patea
catchment for utility and firewater
option to minimise
effects on the environment.
Conditions 6 and 7 are lapse and review provisions.
Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 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.
SENZL holds coastal permit 5992-1 to take produced water and associated heat from
aquifers in the coastal marine area
Appendix I of this report.
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1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Act stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is 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
12:40 8.7 28.2 7.7 12.9 24 0.5 0.052 2.4 0.016
3 13:33 9.1 28.2 7.9 11.6 21 0.4 0.041 2.4 0.02
4 13:50 9 28.1 7.9 11.6 20 < 0.4 0.037 2.4 0.016
The results of sampling show little difference between the upstream and downstream sites with regard to
the parameters tested on the dates sampled, with the exception of total BOD. Variation between sampling
dates related largely to recent rain events in the catchment. As has been observed in some previous
surveys, several surveys in the 2018-2019