Hastings
District Council : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee - Terms of
Reference
This Joint Committee is
established between Hastings District Council and representation of Tangata
Whenua.
Fields of Activity
To be actively involved in developing and
monitoring Council’s;
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Wastewater treatment and disposal system
policies.
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Receiving, reviewing and recommending action on
reports concerning the operation and performance of the Council’s
wastewater disposal system.
·
Ocean discharge including alternative treatment
and disposal options.
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Provision of advice in regard to the Trends,
Technology, Discharge, Environmental and Monitoring Nine Yearly Review, in
accordance with the Resource Management Act 1991 and Policies and Plans under
the Act.
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To recognise and respect the role of Tangata
Whenua as Kaitiaki, and, to satisfy their cultural concerns.
To receive, review and recommend action on
wastewater reports.
To recommend the commissioning of reports
and future Council actions on wastewater issues including;
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Options for further treatments.
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Options for methods of disposal.
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Monitoring effects on the environment.
To co-ordinate and oversee education of the community on
wastewater issues.
Membership
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Chair appointed annually by the Joint Committee
from its members. The Chair position is to alternate annually between the
Council and Tangata Whenua representatives.
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5 Councillors and one Councillor Member
(Alternate).
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5 Tangata Whenua representatives, appointed by
Council.
Quorum – 6 members including not less than 3
Councillor Representatives.
DELEGATED POWERS
Recommendation to Operations & Monitoring Committee on
matters within the Fields of Activity.
The Chair shall not have a
casting vote.
Hastings
District Council: HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee Meeting
Te Rārangi Take
Report to HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee
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Nā:
From:
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Lynne Cox, Democracy and
Governance Advisor
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Te Take:
Subject:
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Election of Chair to HDC
: Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee
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1.0 PURPOSE AND SUMMARY - TE
KAUPAPA ME TE WHAKARĀPOPOTOTANGA
1.1 The
purpose of this report is for the HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint
Committee (Joint Committee) to elect an appointed Joint Committee member as
Chair of the Joint Committee in accordance with the Joint Committee’s
Terms of Reference from the four appointed Tangata Whenua members of the
Committee.
1.2 This issue
arises from the Joint Committee’s Terms of Reference requiring that the
Chair position be appointed annually by the Joint Committee to alternate
between the Council and Tangata Whenua representatives.
2.0 BACKGROUND
– Te Horopaki
2.1 The
Joint Committee was established as a result of a judicial direction by the
Environment Court, further to proceedings by the New Zealand Māori
Council: Heretaunga Māori Executive and Ahuriri Māori
Executive.
2.2 The
Terms of Reference for the HDC: Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee
provide that the Chair shall be elected annually and alternate between the
Hastings District Council and Tangata Whenua members.
2.3 The
last election for a Chair was in December 2018 at which time Councillor Rod
Heaps was elected to the position. It is therefore appropriate that an
appointed representative now be elected to the position.
2.4 The
appointed Deputy chair will be elected from the Councillors of the Joint
Committee.
OPTIONS IN THE CASE OF AN ELECTION
2.5 The
Local Government Act 2002 provides that where an election is necessary in
respect of the election of the Chair of a Committee one of two systems may be
used, either system A or system B. If only one person is nominated of
course no election will be necessary, and this section can be ignored.
2.6 System
A provides that a person is elected or appointed if he or she receives the
votes of a majority of the members of the local authority present and voting
where:
(i) there
is a first round of voting for all candidates; and
(ii) if
no candidate is successful in getting a majority in that round there is a
second round of voting from which the candidate with the fewest votes in the
first round is excluded; and
(iii) if
no candidate is successful in the second round there is a third, and if
necessary subsequent round of voting in the previous round is excluded; and
(iv) in
any round of voting if 2 or more candidates tie for the lowest number of votes,
the person excluded from the next round is resolved by lot.
2.7 System B
provides that a person is elected or appointed if he or she receives more votes
than any other candidate where:
2.8 (i) there
is only 1 round of voting; and
(ii)
if 2 or more candidates tie for the most votes, the tie is resolved by lot.
System A provides greater scope for members to express
their preferences and is the one preferred by the Council.
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3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
- NGĀ TŪTOHUNGA
A) That the HDC : Tangata
Whenua Wastewater Committee receives the report titled Election
of Chair to HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee.
B) That
Tangata Whenua member
…………………………….
be appointed as Chair of the HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee,
effective from the 19 February 2021 meeting.
C) That
Councillor ……….. be appointed as Deputy Chair of the HDC :
Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee, effective from the 19 February
2021 meeting.
D) That
the Chair role be reviewed annually in accordance with the HDC : Tangata
Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee’s terms of Reference.
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Attachments:
There are no attachments for this report.
Hastings
District Council: HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee Meeting
Te Rārangi Take
Report to HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee
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Nā:
From:
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David Mackenzie,
Wastewater Manager
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Te Take:
Subject:
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Annual Report 2020
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1.0 Executive Summary
– Te Kaupapa Me Te
Whakarāpopototanga
1.1 The
purpose of this report is to present the 2019-2020 Annual Wastewater Compliance
Report required by the wastewater discharge consent (CD130214W) to the
Committee and to update the Committee on key wastewater activities.
1.2 This report has been
prepared as a result of the ongoing operation of Council’s East Clive
Wastewater Treatment Plant and the need to comply with consent requirements of
the wastewater discharge consent CD130214W under the Resource Management Act
1991.
1.3 This report concludes
by recommending that the Committee receive the report.
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2.0 Recommendations – Ngā Tūtohunga
A) That the HDC
: Tangata Whenua Wastewater Committee receives the report titled Annual Report
2020 dated 19 February 2021.
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3.0 Background – Te Horopaki
3.1 In June 2014 Hastings
District Council (HDC) was granted a new 35 year long-term consent for the
discharge of treated Domestic and Non-Separable Industry (DNSI) wastewater and
treated Separated Industrial wastewater from the East Clive Wastewater
Treatment Plant, through the long ocean outfall into Hawke Bay (discharge
consent CD130214W). The consent expires on 31 May 2049.
3.2 A requirement of the
wastewater discharge consent (Condition 29) is that HDC establishes, and
retains the Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee, as a committee of the
Hastings District Council under Clause 31, Schedule 7, Local Government Act
2002, a Council Committee, half of the members of which shall be Tangata Whenua
representatives, whose functions include but are not limited to the receiving,
reviewing and recommending action on reports such as the Annual Wastewater
Compliance Report, involvement in the Nine Yearly Consent Review and
more.
3.3 HDC’s wastewater
system has been operating under the wastewater discharge consent (CD130214W)
for six years. In accordance with the consent conditions the Annual Wastewater
Compliance Report was completed, peer reviewed and submitted to the
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council.
4.0 Discussion – Te Matapakitanga
ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
4.1 A requirement of the
wastewater discharge consent is the preparation of the Annual Wastewater
Compliance Report (Condition 24). The purpose of the Annual Wastewater
Compliance Report is to assess compliance with the conditions of the wastewater
discharge consent (CD130214W).
4.2 The wastewater
discharge consent conditions cover a range of performance and quality
parameters that need to be adhered to.
Consent Performance Overview
4.3 The Domestic and
Non-Separable Industry (DNSI) treatment system’s Biological Trickling
Filter (BTF) continues to operate well and meet treatment expectations.
4.4 The Final Combined
Wastewater (FCW) that is being discharged complies with the consent and the ANZEEC
2000 & ANZG 2018 guidelines for fresh and marine quality water. The Final
Combined Wastewater is of low toxicological risk when discharged into the
marine environment of Hawke Bay.
4.5 The receiving water
within the mixing zone shows some effects from the outfall discharge, the
effects are only minor. Outside of the mixing zone the receiving waters
characteristics are very similar to those of the surrounding marine waters.
4.6 The sediments show
minor effects in the vicinity of the outfall which is reflected in higher
concentrations close to the outfall diffuser. All sediment results were below
the ANZEEC 2000 ISQG-Low trigger levels. There is no indications of
accumulation of metals around the outfall.
4.7 The Annual Wastewater
Compliance Report concludes that the current treatment and discharge through
the long ocean outfall is compliant with the wastewater discharge consent
conditions and provides a culturally and environmentally acceptable solution
for wastewater treatment for the Hastings District.
4.8 The 2019-2020 Annual
Wastewater Compliance Report has been submitted to Hawkes Bay Regional Council
(HBRC) and we are awaiting HBRC’s consent compliance assessment report.
4.9 A powerpoint
presentation will cover aspects of the Annual Compliance Report and the ongoing
performance of the treatment systems and the outfall discharge.
CONSENT CONDITIONS REVIEW
4.10 HDC has the opportunity under section
127 of the Resource Management Act (RMA) to instigate revisions of the
wastewater discharge consent documentation.
4.11 There are a number of minor consent
conditions revisions that HDC is working through with HBRC. The revisions focus
on improvements to the conditions based on the past six years’ operation
under the wastewater discharge consent.
4.12 The consent revisions under
consideration are:
· Condition 6:
Amendment to wording – “Ammonia” to “Total
Ammoniacal” nitrogen
· Condition
13: Removal of condition – This condition was used to ascertain the
composition of the biomass flushing cycles as well as normal operation during
the first 12 months of operation from the start of this consent.
· Condition
15: Amendment to toxicity testing frequency from quarterly to annually
· Condition 24
(d): Requests the footnote is written in full
· Condition
25: Amendment of wording to better reflect the availability of the Annual
Wastewater Compliance Report in a timely manner to the wider public
· Condition
26: Amendment of wording to better reflect the choice of a Regional Council
Compliance Officer to attend, or not, the open day at the East Clive Wastewater
Treatment Plant
NINE YEARLY CONSENT REVIEW
4.13 A requirement of the wastewater
discharge consent is the Trends, Technology, Discharge, Environmental and
Monitoring Nine Yearly Review (Condition 27). We are currently in the sixth
year of the consent and will start the review next financial year (2021/22)
with the completion of the report by June 2023.
The review will consider the
following;
· Population and
industry trends assessment
· Wastewater flows
and loads trends assessment
· Trade waste
profile assessment
· Assessment of
environmental guidelines and standards for the discharge of treated wastewater
· Assessment of
operational aspects and changes in wastewater treatment technology and
potential opportunities for beneficial reuse
· Undertake benthic
review, hydrodynamic study and public health impacts assessments
· Consultation with
Tangata Whenua and the community
TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS UPDATE
4.14 The East Clive Wastewater Treatment
Plant continues to operate effectively with no major issues being experience.
Routine maintenance and renewals planning continues to be a big part of the
ongoing operation of the wastewater treatment plant. Routine monitoring and
sampling is being undertaken on a quarterly basis.
4.15 The following projects have been
completed recently or are currently underway at the wastewater treatment;
· Replacement of the
3 domestic screens that remove gross solids prior to the BTF’s – 2nd
screen replacement is underway
· Replacement of key
components of the domestic and industrial screening equipment – solids
removal processes
· Replacement of the
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) system that controls many key plant
processes
· Emergency Beach
Outfall Gate installation to ensure the operability of the emergency beach
outfall
· Outfall pump
station steel manifold renewal planning is underway with construction planned
for 2021/2022
· Replenishment of
groyne rock structure (revetment) that protects the outfall structures –
construction planned for 2021
TRADE WASTE UPDATE
4.16 The trade waste management processes
under the Council Consolidated Bylaw is running well. HDC’s Trade Waste
Officer and the trade waste industries continue to work together to ensure
Trade Waste Approval compliance is maintained at high levels. Industries
continue to adhere to the conditions for discharges to the separate trade waste
network and for those industries that discharge to the domestic system.
Attachments:
There are no attachments for this report.
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Summary of
Considerations - He Whakarāpopoto Whakaarohanga
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Fit
with purpose of Local Government - E noho hāngai pū ai ki te
Rangatōpū-ā-Rohe
The Council is required to give effect to the purpose of
local government as set out in section 10 of the Local Government Act 2002.
That purpose is to enable democratic local decision-making and action by (and
on behalf of) communities, and to promote the social, economic,
environmental, and cultural wellbeing of communities in the present and for
the future.
Link to the Council’s
Community Outcomes – Ngā Hononga ki Ngā Putanga ā-Hapori
The purpose of this report is relevant to the provision of
good quality wastewater infrastructure that is efficient, effective and
appropriate which relates to the ongoing consideration of
the environmental, cultural, and economic wellbeing of communities in the
present and future.
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Māori
Impact Statement -
Te Tauākī Kaupapa Māori
A requirement of the wastewater
discharge consent (Condition 29) is that HDC to establishes, and retains the
HDC : Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee, as a committee of the
Hastings District Council under Clause 31, Schedule 7, Local Government Act 2002,
a Council Committee, half of the members of which shall be Tangata Whenua
representatives, whose functions include but are not limited to the
receiving, reviewing and recommending action on reports such as the Annual
Wastewater Compliance Report, involvement in the Nine Yearly Consent
Review and more.
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Sustainability
- Te
Toitūtanga
N/A:
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Financial
considerations -
Ngā Whakaarohanga Ahumoni
N/A:
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Significance
and Engagement - Te
Hiranga me te Tūhonotanga
This decision/report has been assessed under the Council's
Significance and Engagement Policy as being of low significance.
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Consultation
– internal and/or external - Whakawhiti Whakaaro-ā-roto / ā-waho
The Annual Report presentation to the HDC
: Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee is a requirement of the
conditions and the recommendations of this Committee are reported to the
Council.
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Risks
Opportunity:
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REWARD – Te Utu
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RISK – Te Tūraru
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Tangata Whenua relationships are maintained through
their involvement and direction in regard to wastewater treatment and
disposal initiatives that deliver improved health, environmental and
cultural outcomes.
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The Committee is not updated on key aspects of the
treatment plant and its performance and are unable to influence and direct
Maori aspirations in respect of the treatment and disposal of the
District’s wastewater.
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Rural
Community Board –
Te Poari Tuawhenua-ā-Hapori
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Te Hui o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga