The $20m 'shovel-ready' grant to the Yarrow Stadium
repair and refurbishment project is great news for the
region and its ratepayers, who can expect a reduction of
just over 40% in their Yarrow Stadium rates from July
2021.
Works were put on hold during the lockdown while we
conducted a thorough review of the project in the light
of changing circumstances. The review gave us a clearer
understanding of the stadium's prospects.
Work on the project began ramping up again shortly after
the
wastewater records
indicated that discharges to the Kahouri Stream did not meet the 1:100 dilution factor. For the latter two
incidents the Company has been sent a 14 day letter requesting an explanation for the breaches, and further
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enforcement action may follow. As a result of the issues, the Company’s environmental performance rating
for the year under review has been downgraded.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a level of environmental and administrative
Application AEE x14 Consents Manawa Energy 14 February 2023
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 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
around the weir, one on the left abutment, and one on the right. The required minimum
compensatory flow is 400L/s.
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Motukawa Race – Hydraulic and Geotechnical Assessment – Motukawa Hydro-Electric Power Scheme
RILEY Ref: 18MTK/ENH-C Page 7
25 November 2021
Riley Consultants Ltd
The current maximum consented take from the Manganui River into the race is 5.2m3/s. The
rate at which flow is abstracted from the river is controlled by two vertical gates at the intake
rates notice)
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2.5 Assessment/Valuation number of property (refer to land title or rates notice)
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2.6 Name of closest river or stream to the works?
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below (less than 10% of) the national environmental standards for air
quality (AQNES) (50 μg/m3). The air downwind of the flare would be rated according to MfE
criteria as ‘excellent’ in respect of the PM10 concentration.
Dioxins/furans: emissions of dioxins and furans expressed as toxic equivalents could not be
distinguished from zero (i.e there was no meaningful difference between the combustion
zone result and the laboratory blank result, at the limits of detection of mass quantities used
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 Trust, this report
also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period under
review.
Environmental performance is concerned …
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 administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during