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Doc. No: 2765952
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR April 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
unacceptable wastes being exposed by coastal
erosion. This resulted in the site being closed to the public in 2017. Any further dune stabilisation will be
done using green waste disposed of at the Patea transfer station.
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.
inspections
focussed on the presence or absence of unacceptable materials, the stability of the green
waste stacks (against wind), and the management of any stormwater and leachate.
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2. Results
2.1 Inspections
23 October 2013
A site visit was made to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection. The weather was
showery with seven mm of rain falling over the previous 24 hours.
There did not appear to have been much activity at the site since the last inspection.
Civil Quarries Ltd Everett Road Quarry
to repair the shed. The front of the site was very clean. A leaf blower had been purchased
to clean the hard stand area and it was noted that this was free from debris during the inspection. Broken
pipe work had been repaired. No discharge was occurring from the treatment system. All windrows were
covered and no odour was detected on site or beyond the boundary of the property at the time of the
inspection.
17 August 2021
Very heavy rain had occurred prior to the inspection and the
Ordinary Council Agenda August 2024
environment
Taranaki Regional Council Tree Unit 19
Study 6
Erosion
Erosion is the wearing away and loss of land by the action of water or wind. In Taranaki we
have some erosion problems.
• Erosion sometimes occurs in Taranaki when trees and other plants have
been cleared off steep hill country. This causes slips when waterlogged
soil falls off the solid base.
Solution: plant trees to hold the soil together, and soften the rain falling
on the land. The roots