erosion
events in the headwaters.
The most improvement in long term water quality has been illustrated in the Waingongoro River at SH 45,
with significantly improving trends in DRP and total phosphorus, and with reduction in nitrate and total
nitrogen by slightly less than the rate defined as significant. This improvement has been coincident with
land-irrigation of a major industrial (meatworks) discharge since 2001 and the diversion of Eltham’s WWTP
discharge out of the river since 2010.
Significant deteriorations in black disc clarity were recorded at two sites, one of which
reflected historical erosion events in the headwaters.
The most improvement in long term water quality has been illustrated in the Waingongoro River at SH 45,
with significantly improving trends in DRP and total phosphorus, and with reduction in nitrate and total
nitrogen by slightly less than the rate defined as significant. This improvement has been coincident with
land-irrigation of a major industrial
part of that invoice is in dispute.
2.3 If the Customer fails to make payment to the Council in accordance with the payment instructions on the invoice within the due date for
payment, the Council may charge interest on the unpaid sum noted in the invoice at a rate of 12% per annum for the period between the
due date for payment and the date of actual payment. If payment of the invoice (and any interest amounts) remains unpaid, the Council
may in its discretion and on reasonable notice
Discretionary May be non-notified
without written
approval
• Location of discharge
• Effects on conservation values
and ecosystems
• Effects on water quality
• Erosion effects
• Values and ecosystems
• Contingency planning to
prevent contaminant
discharges
• Quality of discharge and
possible treatment before
discharge
• Volume and rate of discharge
• Duration of consent
• Monitoring
• Review
• Administrative charges
1.1(a), 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 5.4, 9.3,
9.6, 9.7
this period if farmers had not been
changing their practices. Likewise, significantly more sediment (30% more) would have
entered rivers from sheep and beef farms, over this period, had farmers not
implemented controls.
25. In terms of quantitative changes in contaminant loads to water since 1995 from pastoral
lands, sediment and phosphorus loads have reduced significantly, by about 25%, over
this period. Most of the reduction in phosphorus loss rates has come through mitigation
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
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to
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List of tables
Table 1 National marine bathing guidelines 8
Table 2 Marine bathing water quality in Taranaki and other regions (1999/2000) 9
Table 3 Coastal permits issued in each coastal management area 1997 to 2002 10
Table 4 Structural and coastal improvements involving resource users 1997 to 2002 13
Table 5 Council rating system for compliance monitoring (2001/02) 14
Table 6 MfE survey results on the consents process (1999/2000) 22
Table 7 Sources of repeated
Tūpare Asset Management Plan 2017.
report.
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 rate and daily volume of
the groundwater
its approach and that of 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 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 GPL’s