extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and
Consent 10314-1 14
List of figures
Figure 1 The location of the OWSL site and its associated water service area 3
Figure 2 Seven-day volume (consent limit 28,000 m3) 7
Figure 3 Daily abstraction rate (consent limit 50 L/s) 7
Figure 4 Macroinvertebrate index results recorded in the Oaonui Stream in relation to the OWSL
Stream Weir, October 2021 9
Figure 5 Macroinvertebrate index results recorded in the Oaonui Stream in relation to the OWSL
Stream Weir, March 2022 10
Landscape Guidance Note2
and its signposts to examples of best practice.
1.2.2 Effects Ratings and Definitions
An outline of the effects ratings and definitions used in this assessment is provided in the Boffa
Miskell: Natural Character, Landscape and Visual Effects Assessment Methodology (11
February 2019) attached as Appendix 1. In summary, the significance of effects identified within
this assessment are based upon a seven-point scale which includes very low; low; moderate-
low;
discharge:
These details are provided in sections 3 and 5 of the attached
Assessment of Environmental Effects.
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Liquids discharged to water
What is the proposed maximum rate of discharge?
Rate 55000.0
Unit Litres per second
How frequent is the discharge? Not constant
Hours per day 0.00
Days per week 0.00
Other
Give full details of the method of discharge: The discharge of water to the Mako Stream will occur at times
when the
any
treatment it will receive prior to discharge:
These details are provided in sections 3 and 5 of the attached
Assessment of Environmental Effects.
Liquids discharged to water
What is the proposed maximum rate of discharge?
Rate 2000.0
Unit Litres per second
How frequent is the discharge? Not constant
Hours per day 0.00
Days per week 0.00
Other Will occur during maintenance periods only.
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Give full details of the method of
physico-chemical analysis. A hydrometric station is
maintained on the stream for the continuous measurement of flow rate and temperature.
During the monitoring period, Silver Fern Farms Ltd demonstrated a high level of environmental
performance and good level of administrative performance.
Silver Fern Farms Ltd holds six resource consents, to allow it to maintain a dam and to take water from the
Tawhiti Stream; to discharge to the stream and to land; and to discharge emissions into the air.
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PDP Sept 2002 Dioxin concentrations in residential soil Paritutu New Plymouth
enables the Council to continually re-evaluate 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 performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s
was indicative of well-treated wastewater, with parameters typical of a municipal oxidation
pond system receiving minimal industrial waste loadings. No significant impacts on the Kaupokonui River
were recorded from the physicochemical parameters analysed during the mid-summer survey conducted in
January 2022, when a low discharge rate of well-treated wastewater characterised this system. No significant
impacts of the effluent discharge were indicated by MCI scores through the reach of the
the 2021/2031 Long-Term
Plan (LTP)). General rates will increase by $1.77m (15%)
for 2023/2024 – an extra $30 per year for most residential
ratepayers. The LTP had forecast a $0.58m (5%) rise for
2023/2024. The Dividend Equalisation Reserve, grown
through the Council’s long-standing ownership of Port
Taranaki Ltd, contributed $1m to offset the rise in
general rates.
While there are no new work programmes to those set
out in the LTP, specific additions in the Plan include