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,
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 Trust’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
spoke to the memorandum to adopt the
Council’s 2019/2020 Annual Plan. Chairman MacLeod gave a brief background to the
process leading up today, and thanked management staff for their effort and hard
work required over this process.
Resolved
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives and acknowledges, with thanks, the submissions forwarded in response
to the Consultation Document on the 2019/2020 Annual Plan
b) confirms a nil general rates change for 2019/2020
c)
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 compliance for 88% of the consents monitored through
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 STDC, this report also
assigns a rating as to STDC’s environmental and administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from
showed that all daily volume limits and instantaneous abstraction rates were complied with.
During the year, NPDC demonstrated a high level of environmental and administrative
performance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2015-2016 year, 71% of consent holders in Taranaki monitored through
tailored compliance monitoring programmes achieved a high level of environmental
performance and compliance with their consents, while another 24% demonstrated a good
level of
with State of the
Environment monitoring requirements. The 2012-2013 programme continued to incorporate
these changes. A later consultant’s report (in 2000) re-confirmed trends (using up-dated
methodology) that the lake was phosphorus limited and remained mesotrophic. Further
trend reporting for the period 1990-2006 was provided as a component of the consents
renewal process and suggested that while there has been a very slow rate of increase in
trophic level, the lake would be classified as
accordance with State of the
Environment monitoring requirements. The 2011-2012 programme continued to incorporate
these changes. A later consultant’s report (in 2000) re-confirmed trends (using up-dated
methodology) that the lake was phosphorus limited and remained mesotrophic. Further
trend reporting for the period 1990-2006 was provided as a component of the consents
renewal process and suggested that while there has been a very slow rate of increase in
trophic level, the lake would be
Intake fish entrainment trial 18
2.1.3 Discharge monitoring 20
2.1.3.1 Stormwater and raw water treatment discharges 20
2.1.3.2 Contingency discharges 24
2.1.3.3 Domestic sewage 24
2.1.4 Receiving environment monitoring 24
2.1.4.1 Tributary monitoring for total nitrogen 26
2.2 Land 27
2.2.1 Inspections 28
2.2.2 Discharge monitoring 29
2.2.2.1 Effluent volume 29
2.2.2.2 Nitrogen application rates 29
2.2.2.2.1 Cut-and-carry areas 29
2.2.2.2.2 Grazed
Inspections 27
Discharge monitoring 28
Effluent volume 28
Effluent nitrogen 29
Nitrogen application rates 29
2.2.2.3.1 Cut and carry areas 29
2.2.2.3.2 Grazed areas 30
Soil and herbage monitoring 31
Spring 2016 soil and herbage survey 31
Autumn 2017 deep soil leaching profiles 32
Groundwater and related tributary monitoring 32
Electromagnetic induction survey 34
Groundwater monitoring in relation to effluent irrigation 34
Groundwater