view of
the Council that when there is regular and systematic testing of the actual quality, those results reflect
actual levels and are far more informative to recreational water users. Gradings should not be used to make
any statement about how safe water actually is for recreational purposes. Rather, the Council emphasises
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the importance of continued systematic and on-going testing and timely public notification in terms of the
reporting of actual
public notification in terms
of the reporting of actual contact recreational water quality and assessments against
Councillor M P Joyce (ex officio)
Representative Councillor Stacey Hitchcock (NPDC)
Members Councillor Grant Boyde (SDC)
Councillor Chris Young (STDC)
My Phill Muir (Federated Farmers)
Iwi representative members have not yet been appointed.
Apologies
Notification of
Late Items
Item Page Subject
Purpose of Committee and Health and Safety Message
Item 1 4 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 2 11 Pesticides and Emerging Organic Contaminants in Groundwater
Item 3 84 …
Annual Report 2013/2014 - full document.
Annual Report 2012/2013 - full document.
Water Plan remains a work in progress, meanwhile. While ever-changing
requirements generated by central Government made it prudent for us to put formal notification of a new Plan
on hold, the Council and community have not been standing still. For example, practical new measures, firmly
based on existing regulations, are bringing about region-wide improvements to dairy effluent treatment to the
benefit of freshwater quality.
The Council is also well-placed to meet central Government’s new
setting of fares, integrated transport etc. The
Plan must give effect to the public transport service components of the Regional Land
Transport Strategy for Taranaki.
5. The last RPTP came into effect July 2014. Under the LTMA there are certain
requirements to be followed in the preparation of the Plan including consultation with
public transport operators and the community. After having prepared a draft Plan, the
special consultative procedure is used, which involves public notification of …
Hydrogeologic Risk Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Recovery in the Taranaki Region - Appendices,
take
samples for analysis, carry out surveys and inspections, conduct investigations and seek information from
consent holders.
The monitoring programme for the proposed Eltham landfill site consisted of four primary components,
having been expanded significantly from the previous year following the notification that the landfill was
proceeding and would need to be operational by approximately April 2019. The changes were in line with
the recommendations in the 2016-2017 Annual Report and
Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki 2010