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.
GPL holds water abstraction permit 5384-2 to take groundwater from the Matemateaonga Formation for
use in enhanced hydrocarbon recovery activities at the Kaimiro-O wellsite. This permit was first issued by the
Draft Annual Plan 2017/2018.
Impact Assessment & Cost-Benefit Analyses of Proposed Regional Pest Management Plan.
Taranaki Regional Council Annual Plan 2017/2018.
Trustpower Mangorei hydro scheme consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
Trustpower Mangorei hydro scheme consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
processing.
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Photo 3 Ngatoro-B wellsite
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2. Kaimiro Production Station
2.1 Resource consents
2.1.1 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.
During the period under review, GPL held water
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fall over a
small waterfall. At the base of the waterfall the discharged water runs down a natural cobbled channel
beneath native riparian vegetation for approximately 10 metres before entering the Patea River,
downstream of the intake weir.
1.2.2 Midhirst water supply
The Midhirst community WTP, which supplies to 92 properties, originally supplied the former Midhirst dairy
factory. Water is pumped from the Te Popo Stream (through a small filter attached to a flexible hose within
the