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Our Reference: A1262379
21 August 2019
Mark Wilson 
Email: [FYI request #10653 email]r
Dear Mr Wilson,
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) Request
We refer to your information request dated 1 July 2019 for:
The Queenstown Lakes District Council breached its consent limits for various contaminants in 
relation to waste water discharge into the Shotover River 175 times between July 2011 and 
September 2014. 
Can you please supply a detailed summary of the number of consent breaches by the QLDC for 
waste water discharge into the Shotover River for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and to date for 
2019? 
I  have  consulted  with  relevant  staff  and  have  been  provided with the  following 
information:
For the period 2015-2019, Queenstown Lakes District Council (“QLDC”) have held three 
different  resource  consents  to discharge  treated  wastewater  to water  relating  to  the 
Shotover River Waste Water Treatment Plant.  
The below table records the number of consent breaches over the above period. 
Resource Consent
Breaches
Date of Consent
2008.24
59
Jan 2015 to May 2015
RM13.215.02
35
Jun 2015 to Dec 2016
RM13.215.02
5
Jan 2017 to  Feb 2017
RM13.215.04
0
Mar 2017 to Dec 2017
RM13.215.04
0
Jan 2018 to Dec 2018
RM13.215.04
1
Jan 2019 to Mar 2019
Total Breaches
100
QLDC no longer hold consent to discharge treated wastewater to water from the 
Shotover plant.  The “final” consent RM13.215.04 was surrendered earlier this year.  


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decision.  Information  about  how  to  make  a  complaint  is  available  at 
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If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me on 0800 474 
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Yours sincerely
James Gribble
Administration Officer-  Legal 

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