1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) 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 rate and daily volume
magmatic fluids in a volcano. Changes in
the amount or rate of ground deformation may signal the start of a new eruptive episode.
There are numerous ways to measure such deformation, like precise levelling, tilt
measurement and position triangulation. Continuous Global Positioning System (CGPS)
measurements provide time-series, high precision data for deformation monitoring. Satellite-
based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a relatively new technique for
measuring ground
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falling within the “Alert” or “Action”
categories was almost half that of the previous season. Of note, very few high counts were
recorded during the 2010-2011 season. Fewer exceedances of MfE guidelines (‘Alert’ and
‘Action’) modes were coincidental with drier early season conditions and a reduction in
dairy shed pond systems treated wastes discharge rates noted from field inspections during
that time.
One site (Waimoku Stream at Oakura beach) continued to record all of its single samples in
Waimoku) met
the national bathing guideline, and this is a lower rate of non-compliance than in the
previous two years. Of the 14% of samples that exceeded the guideline, 10% arose from just
two sites- the two New Plymouth urban sites. Bird life was mainly responsible for the
exceedances at these sites, where on occasions recreationalists have fed the birds.
Two sites recorded all single samples in either the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Action’ mode of the MfE,
2003 guidelines (Waimoku Stream at Oakura,
Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
the refinement of methods, to move closer to
achieving sustainable development of the region’s resources.
1.1.3 Evaluation of environmental and consent performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance
by the consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a
rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the
receiving
review, this report also assigns a rating as
to the Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the Company’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data)
re-examined the predictive flow model for the system using the
existing main pond operation range and maximum pumping capacity (to the NPDC
wastewater treatment plant). The secondary pond was deepened during 1999-2000 to
increase the storage capacity. The predictive model indicated a much reduced
likelihood of pond overflow of 3 occurrences in total over any 10 year period as a
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result of this increased pond capacity and higher diversion pumping rate than
consent holders to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period