CRC170019 Ashburton District Council Consent Decision Document
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RESOURCE CONSENT CRC170019 Pursuant to Section 104 of the Resource Management Act 1991 The Canterbury Regional Council (known as Environment Canterbury) GRANTS TO: Ashburton District Council A WATER PERMIT: To take and use groundwater COMMENCEMENT DATE: 29 Jul 2016 EXPIRY DATE: 29 Jul 2051 LOCATION: 50 Dromore Station Road, Dromore SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1 Water may be taken only from bore L37/1558, 150 millimetres diameter and 102.3 metres deep, at map reference NZTopo50 BY21:07123-44513, as shown on attached plan CRC170019A. 2 Water may be taken from bore L37/1558 at a rate not exceeding 3.8 litres per second, with a volume not exceeding 240 cubic metres per day and 57,000 cubic metres between 1 July and the following 30 June. 3 Water shall only be used for community water supply. 4 Prior to the first exercise of this resource consent, water permits CRC062768 and CRC063822 shall be surrendered. 5 The consent holder shall, before the first exercise of this consent, install an easily accessible straight pipe(s), with no fittings or obstructions that may create turbulent flow conditions, of a length at least 15 times the diameter of the pipe, as part of the pump outlet plumbing or within the mainline distribution system. 6 The consent holder shall before the first exercise of this consent: a. i. install a water meter(s) that has an international accreditation or equivalent New Zealand calibration endorsement, and has pulse output, suitable for use with an electronic recording device, which will measure the rate and the volume of water taken to within an accuracy of plus or minus five percent as part of the pump outlet plumbing, or within the mainline distribution system, at a location(s) that will ensure the total take of water is measured; and Page 2 CRC170019 ii. install a tamper-proof electronic recording device such as a data logger(s) that shall time stamp a pulse from the flow meter at least once every 60 minutes for all others, and have the capacity to hold at least one season’s data of water taken as specified in clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii), or which is telemetered, as specified in clause (b)(iii). b. The recording device(s) shall: i. be set to wrap the data from the measuring device(s) such that the oldest data will be automatically overwritten by the newest data (i.e. cyclic recording); and ii. store the entire season’s data in each 12 month period from 1 July to 30 June in the following year, which the consent holder shall then download and store in a commonly used format and provide to the Canterbury Regional Council upon request in a form and to a standard specified in writing by the Canterbury Regional Council; or iii. shall be connected to a telemetry system which collects and stores all of the data continuously with an independent network provider who will make that data available in a commonly used format at all times to the Canterbury Regional Council and the consent holder. No data in the recording device(s) shall be deliberately changed or deleted. c. The water meter and recording device(s) shall be accessible to the Canterbury Regional Council at all times for inspection and/or data retrieval. d. The water meter and recording device(s) shall be installed and maintained throughout the duration of the consent in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. e. All practicable measures shall be taken to ensure that the water meter and recording device(s) are fully functional at all times. 7 Within one month of the installation of the measuring or recording device(s), or any subsequent replacement measuring or recording device(s), and at five-yearly intervals thereafter, and at any time when requested by the Canterbury Regional Council, the consent holder shall provide a certificate to the Canterbury Regional Council, Attention Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance, signed by a suitably qualified person certifying, and demonstrating by means of a clear diagram, that: a. The measuring and recording device(s) has been installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications; and b. Data from the recording device(s) can be readily accessed and/or retrieved in accordance with clauses (b) and (c) of condition (6). 8 Until 30 June 2021, for the purpose of determining reasonable water use, the consent holder shall: Page 3 CRC170019 a. Record the daily and seasonal use of water within the reticulated network; and b. Provide a copy of the records kept in accordance with clause (a) of this condition to the Canterbury Regional Council, Attention: Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance upon request. 9 Within five years from the granting of this resource consent, the consent holder shall: a. Conduct a review of the maximum daily and seasonal volumes, recorded in accordance with condition 8(a) of this consent; and b. Provide a copy of the review in accordance with clause (a) of this condition to the Canterbury Regional Council, Attention: Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance, on or before 31 December 2022; and c. Amend condition (2) of this consent to reflect the outcomes of the review undertaken in accordance with clause (b) of this condition, taking into account the projected population growth. 10 Water Supply Asset Management Strategy: a. The consent holder shall manage water demand in accordance with the Water Supply Strategy which forms part of this consent; b. The Water Supply Strategy shall include measures to manage water demand and conserve water; and c. The consent holder shall provide a copy of any amendments of their Water Supply Strategy to the Canterbury Regional Council, Attention Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance, within seven days of the amendments occurring. 11 The community protection zone established for bore L37/1558 shall not exceed the area shown on attached Plan CRC170019B which forms part of this consent. 12 If the water supply system is used to distribute added contaminants the consent holder shall ensure: a. An effective backflow prevention device is installed and operated within the pump outlet plumbing or within the mainline to prevent the backflow of contaminants into the water source; and b. The backflow prevention device is tested at the time of installation and annually thereafter by a suitably qualified or certified person in accordance with Canterbury Regional Council approved test methods for the device used; and c. The test report is provided to the Canterbury Regional Council Attention Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance, within two weeks of each inspection. 13 The Canterbury Regional Council, Attention Regional Leader - Monitoring and Compliance, shall be informed within five days of first exercise of this consent by the consent holder. Page 4 CRC170019 14 The Canterbury Regional Council may, once per year, on any of the last five working days of May or November, serve notice of its intention to review the conditions of this consent for the purposes of dealing with any adverse effect on the environment which may arise from the exercise of the consent. 15 If this consent is not exercised before 30 September 2019 then it shall lapse in accordance with section 125 of the Resource Management Act. Issued at Christchurch on 29 July 2016 Canterbury Regional Council Plan CRC170019 A Information has been derived from various sources, including Environment Canterbury Regional Council’s databases. Boundary information is derived under licence from LINZ Digital Cadastral Database (Crown Copyright Reserved). 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 Environment Canterbury Regional Council does not give and expressly disclaim any warranty as to the accuracy or Kilometres completeness of the information or its fitness for any purpose. Scale: 1:3,500 @A4 Information from this web site may not be used for the purposes of any legal disputes. The user should independently verify the accuracy of any information before taking any action in reliance upon it. ´ Map Created by Environment Canterbury on 20/07/2016 10:42:41 a.m. # Bore L37/1558 Environment Canterbury Land Information New Zealand, LINZ, Environment Plan CRC170019 B Information has been derived from various sources, including Environment Canterbury Regional Council’s databases. Boundary information is derived under licence from LINZ Digital Cadastral Database (Crown Copyright Reserved). 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 Environment Canterbury Regional Council does not give and expressly disclaim any warranty as to the accuracy or Kilometres completeness of the information or its fitness for any purpose. Scale: 1:3,500 @A4 Information from this web site may not be used for the purposes of any legal disputes. The user should independently verify the accuracy of any information before taking any action in reliance upon it. ´ Map Created by Environment Canterbury on 20/07/2016 10:39:19 a.m. # Hatched area indicates protection zone: Circle with 100 metre radius centred on bore L37/1558 Environment Canterbury Land Information New Zealand, LINZ, Environment Dromore Rural Community Water Supply Strategy Dromore Rural Community Water Supply Strategy ± June 2016 1 Overview This Water Supply Strategy was prepared to accompany the $VKEXUWRQ 'LVWULFW &RXQFLO¶V $'& application for resource consent to take and use water for a community water supply of the Dromore community. This strategy details the nature and extent of the Dromore community supply scheme and any effects of that activity on the environment. 2 Description of the Dromore Rural Community Supply Scheme 1. Water for the Dromore rural community supply scheme is currently sourced from groundwater bore L37/1558, located at 50 Dromore Station Road, Dromore, at or about map reference NZTopo50 BY21:0712-4451 (NZMS 260 L37:1710-0612).