Water & Wastewater Asset Manager Kapiti Coast District Council

Monitoring of the River Recharge with Groundwater Scheme

Martyn Cole Water & Wastewater Asset Manager Kapiti Coast District Council Tracy Clode Associate – Project Management CH2M Beca Introduction Monitoring Data Management Reporting Adaptive Management Group Changes to Consents Into the Future Introduction September 2013: 35 year consent granted (78 pages of conditions) Innovation . Ground water discharge to river so more river water could go to supply . No NZ precedent . Tests and trails conducted during consenting Monitoring . Conservative approach as implemented full scale . Extensive monitoring regime . 3 year baseline monitoring Adaptive Management . Ongoing compliance review . modification of monitoring and operation

Monitoring

Small Coastal Streams Borefield Water Conservation Automated data collection (136 parameters) 7 Small Coastal Stream site . Each with in stream DO, Temperature, and water level. Plus piezometer ground water level. 13 Wetland sites . Each with a piezometer ground water level. Some sites have more than one piezometer. Borefield sites . 13 Electrical conductivity sensors . 32 Piezometer ground water level sensors across deep and shallow aquifer River and WTP sites . Water level in river . 2 Raingauges . 8 Production bores data collection including instantaneous pump rates and daily abstraction rates . 3 flow meters through the WTP Manual Data collection (1400+ parameters) . 320 Production Bore Water quality sample parameters (monthly) . 520 Wetland condition monitoring parameters across 13 sites, plus aerial photos + photo points . 180 at 5 River Condition monitoring parameters across 5 locations (every 2 weeks or more in summer) . 378 Small Coastal Stream parameters across 7 sites (monthly) . 6 parameters across 2 River flow gauging sites . 7 Small Stream Fish Surveys . 5 Waikanae River Fish Surveys . 2 Upstream Tributary Fish Surveys . Additional Borefield water depth and EC measurements as needed. . Additional monitoring as and when needed should trigger levels activate. Data Management GWRC KCDC Telemetry SiteTelemetry telemetry Sites Sites

GWRC GWRC KCDC Waikanae GWRC River Gauge SCADA SCADA Hydrotel

KCDC Logger M2PP Sites Sites KCDC Boffa Miskell/ WaterOutlook KCDC Manual KCDC Water Readings Quality Samples Boffa Miskell AMG and GWRC Ecological Reporting Compliance Monitoring Data Management GWRC KCDC Telemetry SiteTelemetry telemetry Sites Sites

GWRC GWRC KCDC Waikanae GWRC River Gauge SCADA SCADA Hydrotel

KCDC Logger M2PP Sites Sites KCDC Boffa Miskell/ WaterOutlook KCDC Manual KCDC Water Readings Quality Samples Boffa Miskell AMG and GWRC Ecological Reporting Compliance Operations & Monitoring Maintenance Data Management GWRC KCDC Telemetry SiteTelemetry telemetry Sites Sites

GWRC GWRC KCDC Waikanae GWRC River Gauge SCADA SCADA Hydrotel

KCDC Logger M2PP Sites Sites KCDC Boffa Miskell/ WaterOutlook KCDC Manual KCDC Water Readings Quality Triggers Samples Boffa Miskell AMG and GWRC Ecological Reporting Compliance Operations & Monitoring Maintenance Data Management

GWRC KCDC KCDC Public Telemetry SiteTelemetry telemetry Website Sites Sites

GWRC GWRC KCDC Waikanae GWRC River Gauge SCADA SCADA Hydrotel

Adaptive Management

Adaptive management provides a forum for the dissemination of information from the consent holder and provides an opportunity to comment on consent compliance and provide recommendations for changes to operations, monitoring and adaptive management. Adaptive Management Group

Regional Public Dept of Greater Health Conservation Kapiti Coast Wellington District Regional Council Wellington Fish Council Friends of the and Game Waikanae River Council Te Āti Awa ki Royal Forrest Whakarongotai Kapiti Fly and Bird - Water Fishing Club Protection Working Group Society of NZ

Members Key Stakeholders Formal Adaptive Management Process

Annual Reports Meeting Recommendations Regulatory Approval

Greater Greater Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington Kapiti Coast Wellington Kapiti Coast District Wellington Regional District Regional District Greater Council Council Regional Council Council Council Council Wellington Regional Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai Whakarongotai Whakarongotai Council - Water - Water - Water Working Group Working Group Working Group

Regional Public Dept of Health Conservation

Wellington Fish Friends of the and Game Waikanae River Council

Royal Forrest Kapiti Fly Fishing and Bird Club Protection Society of NZ Adaptive Management Approach Adaptive Management

Adaptive Management Key Stakeholders Group

Te Āti Awa ki Royal Forrest Greater Wellington Fish Whakarongotai Kapiti Coast Dept of and Bird Kapiti Fly Friends of the Regional Public Wellington and Game - Water District Council Conservation Protection Fishing Club Waikanae River Health regional Council Council Working Group Society of NZ Annual Adaptive Management Process Preliminary Key Updates Briefing Annual Reports Meeting Recommendations Regulatory Approval

Greater Greater Greater Greater Greater Kapiti Coast Kapiti Coast Kapiti Coast Kapiti Coast Kapiti Coast Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington District District regional District regional District regional District regional regional Council Council Council Council Council Council Council Council Council Council

Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai - Whakarongotai - Whakarongotai - Whakarongotai - Whakarongotai - Water Working Water Working Water Working Water Working Water Working Group Group Group Group Group Greater Wellington Regional

Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Dept of Dept of Dept of Dept of Dept of Public Public Public Public Public Conservati Conservati Conservati Conservati Conservati Council Health Health Health Health Health on on on on on Friends of Wellington Friends of Wellington Friends of Wellington Friends of Wellington Friends of Wellington the Fish and the Fish and the Fish and the Fish and the Fish and Waikanae Game Waikanae Game Waikanae Game Waikanae Game Waikanae Game River Council River Council River Council River Council River Royal Council Royal Royal Royal Royal Forrest and Forrest and Forrest and Forrest and Forrest and Kapiti Fly Kapiti Fly Kapiti Fly Kapiti Fly Kapiti Fly Bird Bird Bird Bird Bird Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing Fishing Protection Protection Protection Protection Protection Club Club Club Club Club Society of Society of Society of Society of Society of NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ Cessation of on going fish and macro Poor indicator of invertebrate surveys in effects small streams

Discontinue monitoring of two Poor indicator of small coastal streams effects as run dry sites

Monthly reporting for Formal reporting baseline monitoring annually Consent Changes has minimal value Original timeframes Extension to extremely tight to submission dates to complete AMG allow AMG process reviews AMG recommendations Inclusion of flow buffer Operational for short term pump practicalities with Clarification of variances before negligible interpretations steady state reached. environmental impact First Section 127 Develop Alternative Catchment comparison Practical fish survey method not application of methodology statistically robust consent Third Section Target macro Sufficient data for low invertebrate surveys to and medium-low 127 high algae periods periods

Cessation of river Amendment to Sufficient baseline Second Section depth and flow wetland triggers data gained 127 measurements methodology

All groundwater Previously via SW drain discharges through to river swale Administrative Changes Align ongoing monitoring plan Al after three years requirements Into to the Future

Implement Monitor Optimise level of monitoring

Continuous adaption

Full effects not realised till 50 Adapt Report years out in 50 year drought

Review Conclusion

Innovative scheme required a conservative approach

The collaborative and pragmatic approach has resulted in an efficient and effective monitoring regime

Adaptive management approach is working Questions