Monitoring of Nitrates in Wastewater Discharged to Land

David Haynes made this Official Information request to Canterbury Regional Council

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From: David Haynes

Dear Canterbury Regional Council,
The NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers is undertaking extensive monitoring and reporting of nitrates in ground and surface water across Canterbury. Please provide the following information in relation to the resource consents listed below:

FOR THE PINES WWTP CRC101109
Provide the following for the last 36 months of data:

1. Results from condition 9(a) for total nitrogen for each month as per condition 9(b)
2. Results from condition 19(d) for all forms of nitrogen for all of the representative off-site abstractive bores.
3. Results from condition 20(c ) (total Kjeldahl N) and 20 (d) (ammoniacal N) for each month for discharge in the irrigation pump chamber
4. Results from condition 22(d) for nitrogen loading rate (kg N/ha)for each month.
5. Results from condition 24(c ) for all down-gradient and up-gradient monitoring bore samples (please provide the eastings and northigns for each monitoring bore.
6. Copies of the last 3 Annual Monitoring Report as per condition 29.

FOR CMP RAKAIA LTD CRC082192
Provide for the last 5 years up to and including October 2020:

1. Results of the each of the four soil sampling locations, the results for (a) through to (h) as listed in condition 20.
2. Records of total nitrogen applied in kg as per condition 22(c ).
3. All annual reports as per condition 25

FOR SYNLAIT MILK LTD CRC141274
Provide evidence and results to confirm that condition 8(a) (max 200kg N/ha per annum) and 8(b) (max100 kg N/ha within any consecutive 3 month period) are being complied with.

FOR SOUTH PACIFIC MEATS LTD CRC156662
Provide the following for the last 36 months of data:

1. Two monthly results as per condition 19(a).
2. Six monthly results as per condition 19(b).
3. Annual results as per condition 19(c ).
4. Results for ammoniacal, nitrate nitrogen and total Kjeldahl nitrogen as per codnition 24(a)
5. Provide details of how many bore owners are being provided with potable water as a result of exercising condition 24(c ) and condition 24(f).
6. All reports on the investigations into the effects of the discharge on groundwater quality as per condition 28 and condition 29.
7. Records on the total nitrogen applied to the discharge area annually as per condition 30(f).

FOR SYNLAIT MILK CRC084323
1. Results for the first 12 months following exercise of the resource consent of the total nitrogen in the sludge as per condition 11.
2. Results arising from condition 12 for the last five years.
3. The last five years Annual Environment Reports gen as per condition 18.

FOR FONTERRA LIMITED CRC171164
Provide the following for the last 36 months of data:

1. Nitrate-nitrogen mg/L results for wastewater as per condition 17(e).
2. Nitrate-nitrogen mg/L results for all 6 groundwater monitoring bores samples as per condition 24(a).
3. Number of instances where condition 25(a) has been exercised since exercise of the recourse consent.
4. Results of lysimeter monitoring for nitrate-nitrogen as per condition 27.
5. Results of soil tests for nitrate-nitrogen as per condition 36(c ).
6. Results of the nitrogen loading rate as per condition 42(b).

FOR SYNLAIT MILK LTD CRC154194
Provide the following for the last 36 months of data:

1. Results for nitrate-nitrogen of wastewater prior to discharge as per condition 14(c ).
2. Results for nitrate-nitrogen of wastewater as per condition 15(e).
3. Results of soil monitoring of nitrate-nitrogen as per condition 17(e).
4. Results of groundwater bore monitoring as per condition 20(a).
5. Annual reports as per condition 26.

Many thanks for your assistance

Yours faithfully,

David Haynes
Secretary & Treasurer
New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers
Ph: 03 546 6051
Mob: 0272 351 833
E: [email address]
www.nzffa.com
www.facebook.com/NZFFA

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From: David Haynes

Dear Canterbury Regional Council,
As per the LGOIMA my information request of August 13, 2021 shoud have been responded to by 10 September 2021. As of today, 28 Sep 2021 I have received no response.

Please provide response within seven calendar days of this follow up. In th event of no response being received I will be obliged to refer the non-response to the Ombudsman.

Regards

Yours faithfully,

David Haynes

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Kia ora David,

Please see the attached email, and letter also attached here regarding your LGOIMA request 2040C.

Due to the volume of information and constraints of working under Alert Levels 4 and 3 for the past few weeks, we extended the deadline of your request to 1 October.

Our apologies for any confusion caused.
Kind regards
Didi

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From: Lillian Sewell
Canterbury Regional Council


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Dear David

 

Please find attached response to your LGOIMA request.

 

The information is available at [1]Environment Canterbury LGOIMA
Information - Request 2140C - All Documents (sharepoint.com)and you will
be sent separate instructions from our IT team to access this site within
the next 24 hours. Please note that due the length and number of documents
it is not possible to share these by email.

 

Regards

Lillian Sewell

Please note I work Mondays Wednesdays and
Thursdays 9 to 2.30
Lillian Sewell
Senior Advisor Legal [2]Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury
Christchurch Office
PO Box 345, Christchurch
8140
[3]+64 27 326 5720 Customer Services: [5]0800
[4][email address] 324 636
24 Hours: [6]0800 76 55 88
[7]ecan.govt.nz
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[10]YouTube   [11]Instagram

[12]covid19.govt.nz

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From: Lillian Sewell
Canterbury Regional Council


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Dear David

 

Further to your voicemail, I have attached the two emails from our IT team
with access instructions to SharePoint.

 

Kind regards

Lillian

 

From: Lillian Sewell
Sent: Wednesday, 29 September 2021 1:53 PM
To: David Haynes <[FOI #16401 email]>;
[email address]
Cc: LGOIMA <[ECAN request email]>
Subject: LGOIMA request 2140C

 

Dear David

 

Please find attached response to your LGOIMA request.

 

The information is available at [1]Environment Canterbury LGOIMA
Information - Request 2140C - All Documents (sharepoint.com)and you will
be sent separate instructions from our IT team to access this site within
the next 24 hours. Please note that due the length and number of documents
it is not possible to share these by email.

 

Regards

Lillian Sewell

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From: David Haynes

Dear Lillian Sewell,
Hi Lillian
Got the instructions to log on to the ecan sharepoint site but….

1. Didn’t accept my [email address] email address, so
2. Tried logging in with my personal [email address] address, and
3. System allowed me to establish password but once entered immediately informed me by account was locked, so.
4. I applied for a MS 365 access code to my mobile, got that and entered it in the login screen, but
5. System replied that [email address] was not authorised to enter the system, and so
6. Redirected me back to the log-in screen.

The email from your IT team has a name but no email address (which may be a quirk of FYI.org.nz) hence this email to you.

Can you ask your IT team to send me a valid email log-in and password asap i.e. before cob today? If they want to call me to walk me through the process that would also be fine. This LGOIMA is now very, very overdue.

Regards

David Haynes
Secretary & Treasurer
New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers
Ph: 03 546 6051
Mob: 0272 351 833

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From: Lillian Sewell
Canterbury Regional Council

I am on leave Monday 11 October.

 

My usual office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9.00 to 2.30pm.

 

Kind regards

Lillian

 

Please note I work Mondays Wednesdays and
Thursdays 9 to 2.30
Lillian Sewell
Senior Advisor Legal [1]Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury
Christchurch Office
PO Box 345, Christchurch
8140
[2]+64 27 326 5720 Customer Services: [4]0800
[3][email address] 324 636
24 Hours: [5]0800 76 55 88
[6]ecan.govt.nz
[7]Facebook   [8]Twitter  
[9]YouTube   [10]Instagram

[11]covid19.govt.nz

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