exceeded six of the 12 samples
collected, while Downer EDI exceeded one sample from 10. The highest result during the year
under review was obtained by one of the Fitzroy Engineering Group Ltd gauges, which was
more than twice the guideline rate. The guideline reflects a deposition rate that may cause
complaints in a residential area.
In the 2015-2016 year there were no unauthorised incidents related to discharges from any
consent holders in the Lower Waiwhakaiho area.
During the year,
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)
mornings the two week rain forecast is received from ‘WeatherWatch’, a
professional weather forecasting business.
9.3 The irrigation model is updated using this information and emailed to Uruti.
9.4 The Uruti Site operator records the level in the irrigation pond Monday morning.
9.5 The Site Manager plans the weeks irrigation based on the irrigation pond level, the rain
forecast, and the application rate (rates are attached see Irrigation Areas/Rates). This
information is posted on the
like to see passenger rail service established in Taranaki.
Respondents were also asked to consider the cost of a rail service in this question: “Taking into
account the main barrier to creating a passenger train service is the high cost of creating the
infrastructure, would you be willing to contribute via rates for this?” 63% of respondents stated “Yes”.
Communities to connect via passenger rail service
In response to the question: “If there was a passenger train service, which
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 Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment
held.
The monitoring indicated the following:
The discharge of cooling water recorded an increasing ammonia concentration throughout the monitoring
period, though the impact to the Inaha stream was minimal. The thermal effect of the plant discharges were
within the thermal limits for the duration of the monitoring year. The abstraction of surface water and
groundwater was undertaken within compliance standards for the duration of the year. The dilution rate for
the surface water
periphyton for all sites and by
testing the significance of any trend using the Mann-Kendall test at the 5% level, followed by
Benjamini-Hochberg False Discovery Rate (FDR) analysis. Of the trends, ten were significant
at the 5% level. Two remained significant after FDR application.
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Most upstream sites, except for those in the Waiwhakaiho and Waiongana Streams,
generally contained a low periphyton biomass throughout the year. Almost all downstream
sites, except the Stony River and
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 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
Freshwater ecological monitoring state of the environment report - Taranaki Regional Council.
guideline rate. However it could not be determined if the results originated from the activities at the
consent holder’s site or from the neighbouring properties. The guideline reflects a deposition rate that may
cause complaints in a residential area.
In the 2017-2018 year there were no confirmed unauthorised incidents related to discharges from any of
the air discharge consent holders in the Lower Waiwhakaiho area.
During the year, Downer EDI Works Ltd demonstrated a high level of