Table 3 Summary of abstraction rate data for 2020-2021 11
Table 4 Limits for stormwater composition for each parameter (consents 3902, 3907, 4133) 16
Table 5 Sample results for the stormwater discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Tawhiti Stream 17
Table 6 Sample results for the stormwater discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Tangahoe River 18
Table 7 Sample results for the stormwater discharge to an unnamed coastal stream 19
Table 8 Summary of wastewater volume data for
hydrological monitoring was undertaken by maintaining the McColl’s Bridge flow recorder.
The monitoring showed that overall the scheme operated within resource consent requirements for the vast
majority of the period being reported. During this period, the Company was fully compliant with lake levels
and the rise and recession rate restrictions for the lower Patea River. The Company provided adequate
residual flows within the Patea River at all times, with the exception of one incident that was the …
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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 Council (such as contingency plans and water take data) in accordance
site.
Inspection visits typically comprised of:
• a visual inspection of the abstraction bore, production pipework monitoring equipment and
associated infrastructure; and
• obtaining manual measurements of groundwater levels in the abstraction and monitoring bores and
retrieving electronic data.
To monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.2, abstraction volume and rate data are recorded electronically
at the site by a data logging system and transferred to the Council via telemetry,
environmental
performance and a good level of administrative performance. There were seven incidents
logged in regards to exceedance of abstraction rates by STDC plants, however these all were
found to be caused by operational events, such pump starts, air in the flow meters, and data
handling errors rather than actual non-compliances and/or sustained abstraction exceedances.
During the monitoring period, OWSL demonstrated an overall high level of environmental
performance and high level of
NZ’s medium projection for births and deaths, and the high projection rate for net migration.
This reflects improving economic circumstances in the region, resulting in job creation and inward
migration patterns. Birth and death rates are likely to be substantially accurate given that they reflect
existing trends and there is little likelihood of step-changes in the rates. This population projection
covers the entire district, including rural areas.
continually refined and enhanced.
THE BOTTOM LINE
The Council finished the 2017/2018 year with a surplus
of $962,000 (total comprehensive income). Total
expenditure was $26.6m. Overall it was a good result,
noting that the general rates increases have been at or
below the rate of inflation for the past few years (a 1%
general rates increase in 2017/2018). The Council’s
balance sheet remains very strong, with no public debt.
All of the achievements outlined here
Overall it was
a good result, noting that the general rates increases
have been at or below the rate of inflation for the past
few years. The Council’s balance sheet remains very
strong, with no public debt.
We gratefully acknowledge the efforts and
achievements of council staff during the year, ably
governed by a team of Councillors providing clear
direction, consistent with our mission.
David MacLeod Basil Chamberlain
Chairman Chief
good level of administrative performance.
STDC has advised council that the breaches in discharge rates at Opunake should be resolved by February
2020. The non-compliant breaches became apparent when council received the discharge data at the end of
the monitoring year.
For reference, in the 2018-2019 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 83% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored monitoring
programmes,