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 administrative 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 the
List of tables
Table 1 Summary of consents held by the Company for the Motukawa HEP scheme 5
Table 2 Gauging results for gaugings undertaken in relation to the Manganui River residual flow 12
Table 3 Details of consents and special conditions in relation to abstraction rates, discharge rates and
water levels and the recording 13
Table 4 Summary of summer Manganui River daily water temperatures (°C) prior to the increase in
residual flow to 400 L/s (1992-2002) and for the years since,
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
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision 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
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance
average. Base diagram source: IPCC.
Temperatures measured at climate stations across the
region show marked increases in air, water and soil
temperature, particularly over the past decade. Changes
in river water temperature are more subtle, while air and
soil temperatures have risen sharply, with soil temperature
increasing at a rate of around 1.4°C per decade. Changes
over 10 to 15 year periods are affected by long-term climate
trends as well as changes due to shorter
abstraction and discharge data provided by NPDC.
The monitoring showed that overall the NPDC water schemes are well operated and maintained and appeared
to be having no adverse effects on the environment.
NPDC provided all the abstraction data required under consent conditions and the data showed that all
daily volume limits and instantaneous abstraction rates were complied with. Self-monitoring of the
Inglewood discharge showed minor non-compliances with suspended solids limits, however this
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 compliance for 88% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored
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
Ecosystem health is variable throughout the Southern Hill Country FMU. Nitrogen levels are generally low,
but elevated in-stream concentrations of dissolved reactive phosphorous are found in the majority of rivers,
along with high rates of sedimentation, which impact aquatic ecosystems. Periphyton is monitored at one
site, with occasional blooms occurring, although there is limited data to provide a comprehensive picture of
algal growth across this FMU. Macroinvertebrate community
Recycling Contamination Media Campaign - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC*
With the ongoing high recycling contamination
rates (>20%) a regular awareness campaign
continues to cut down contamination. Non-
recyclable materials continue to cause issues at
the recycling facility and have a big impact on
processing costs which will have a knock on
effect to rate payers. The next campaign will
focus again on ‘keeping it clean’ and expanding
into various target audiences by developing
content and blogs through our …