Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Drinking Water Governance
Joint Committee
Date: Wednesday 4 September 2019
Time: 10.00am
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Venue:
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Council Chamber
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
159 Dalton Street
NAPIER
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Agenda
Item Subject Page
1. Welcome/Notices/Apologies
2. Conflict
of Interest Declarations
3. Confirmation of
Minutes of the Hawke's Bay Drinking Water Governance Joint Committee held on 11
April 2019
Information or Performance Monitoring
4. Call for Minor
Items of Business Not on the Agenda 3
5. Jim Graham –
Study Tour feedback 5
6. HBRC TANK Plan
Change Process Update 7
7. Late Item to
follow – Joint Working Group Activities Update 11
8. Regional Three
Waters Update 13
9. Discussion of
Minor Items Not on the Agenda 17
Hawke's
Bay Drinking Water Governance Joint Committee
Wednesday 04 September 2019
Subject: Jim Graham –
Study Tour feedback
Reason for Report
1. This item introduces the presentation by Jim Graham on his study
tour, principally to the Netherlands and Denmark, where he looked at water
suppliers and the challenges they have with their aquifers and distribution
networks. Jim will present on the appropriate responses made to address
these challenges in terms of drinking water quality.
Background
2. Jim Graham is
an environmental scientist and Water New Zealand's principal adviser on water
quality. Jim has over 20 years’ experience in environmental science
and environmental health science specialising in recreational and
drinking-water quality. Previously, he has worked on the development and
implementation of the New Zealand drinking-water strategy including the
preparation of drinking-water standards, the legislative framework and leading
the $150M drinking water supplies funding assistance programme.
3. Jim previously presented to the Drinking Water Governance Joint
Committee in August 2018 on drinking water safety.
Decision Making
Process
4. Staff have assessed
the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and
have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision
making provisions do not apply.
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Recommendation
That the Hawke’s Bay Drinking Water
Governance Joint Committee receives and notes the “Dr Jim Graham
– Study Tour feedback” presentation.
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Authored and
Approved by:
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Liz Lambert
Group Manager Regulation
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Attachment/s
There are no
attachments for this report.
Hawke's
Bay Drinking Water Governance Joint Committee
Wednesday 04 September 2019
Subject: HBRC TANK Plan Change
Process Update
Reason
for Report
1. This item provides the Governance Joint Committee with an update on
the Regional Council’s TANK (Tūtaekurī, Ahuriri, Ngaruroro and
Karamū catchments) plan change (PC9) progress made since April, including
detailed information where there was specific reference to source protection
zones.
Background
2. The draft TANK Plan Change was last presented to the HB Drinking
Water Governance Joint Committee in April 2019. That item provided a general
overview of the pre-notification consultation process and more detailed
information regarding the source protection zone modelling.
Regional
Planning Committee meetings since April 2019
3. A summary of the RPC meetings, staff recommendations and any
decisions made by the RPC in respect of the TANK Plan are summarised following.
15 May 2019
4. The feedback from the pre-notification consultation was summarised
for the Committee, in respect of the concerns and issues which had been raised
by affected iwi authorities (responses were received from Ngati Kahungunu Iwi
Incorporated, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Mana Ahuriri and Heretaunga Tamatea
Settlement Trust), affected Councils (Napier City Council and Hastings District
Council) as well as from the Department of Conservation and HortNZ.
5. Significant issues raised in the feedback related to:
5.1. Ensuring values are properly provided for
5.2. Managing Stream depletion effects of groundwater takes
5.3. Allocation limit for high flow abstraction and water for Maori
development
5.4. Urban development and freshwater
5.5. Allocation limits
5.6. Integrated and long term solutions for managing stormwater
5.7. The role of mana whenua in the TANK collaborative process.
6. Staff suggested a number of amendments to refine the plan as a
consequence of the feedback, and recommended that the RPC accept these
changes. It was highlighted that further definition as required relating
to protection of source water for drinking supplies (to be amended in a later
iteration).
7. The Committee also considered the Outstanding Water Bodies plan
change at the same meeting and consequently deferred any decision making in
respect of the TANK Plan to the following meeting in July. It was agreed
that a workshop would be held (2 July) in advance of that meeting to allow
members to discuss specific areas of interest or issues with staff.
3 July 2019
8. The May agenda item was amended to enable the Committee to consider
those items which had been deferred as well as additional matters that had
progressed since that time, including:
8.1. Source protection for drinking water supplies
8.2. Stormwater policies and rules
8.3. Mana whenua issues
8.4. TANK group feedback (note: a further workshop was held with the TANK
stakeholder group on the 13 June at their request to provide them with an
update on how the plan was progressing and what amendments had been made since
they last met in July 2018)
8.5. Remaining issues.
9. Source Protection Zones (SPZs) – the item provided the RPC
with an update on the progress on SPZs, noting that the JWG were unable to
reach consensus on which model to use for delineating SPZs in the plan.
HDC and the DHB supported putting forward a joined up boundary combining the
protection zone boundary of both models. HBRC staff had expressed concern
regarding the defensibility of this approach and noted the preference would be
to have one model to provide greater clarity and certainty within the Plan.
10. Staff
recommended to RPC that the Heretaunga Plains numerical model be used to
determine SPZs in the longer term within the TANK Plan while the AEM approach
for Napier be used in the short term until further modelling can be carried
out.
11. The
groundwater modellers indicated that the Napier SPZs modelled using an AEM
model may not be significantly different using the Heretaunga Plains numerical
model as the bores in that location are within a more homogeneous part of the
aquifer. The item also noted that whilst the Heretaunga Plains numerical model
represents the best available knowledge it may change as more data is gathered
as part of improving the model. This related specifically to the SkyTEM
Airborne Aquifer Survey work programmed for completion in 2021.
12. The Plan
was also amended to insert definitions into the glossary for ‘Registered
drinking water supply’, ‘Source Protection Zones’,
‘Source Protection Extent’ and ‘Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Heretaunga Plains Groundwater Model’.
13. The items
presented to the RPC in respect of TANK were not resolved. The RPC agreed to
hold a sub-group workshop prior to the next RPC meeting scheduled for
14 August, to undertake discussion on four outstanding items, namely:
13.1. Stream
flow enhancement
13.2. Groundwater
allocation limits
13.3. Provisions
for tangata whenua (sections 6e, 7 and 8 RMA)
13.4. Alignment
between the Outstanding Water Bodies plan change (PC7) and the TANK Plan.
14 August
2019
14. A public
excluded workshop was held prior to the RPC meeting, to discuss the RMA Part 2
decision making provisions, and to enable members an opportunity to pose any
questions to a senior associate from Simpson Grierson.
15. Version
9.2 of the draft TANK Plan was presented to the RPC seeking agreement to its
content. The item noted that the sub-group had met twice since the previous RPC
meeting. The topics which were described in more detail as a result of
directions from the RPC were:
15.1. Heretaunga
Plains groundwater allocation limits
15.2. Policy
direction for flow maintenance provisions
15.3. Assessment
of the TANK plan change in relation to Outstanding Water Bodies PC7.
16. The
recommendations requested that the RPC receive and consider the draft plan and
agree to the amendments described in the item.
17. However
due to there being no quorum the meeting did not take place.
18. The next
RPC meeting is scheduled for the 18 September 2019.
Decision Making Process
19. Staff have assessed the
requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have
concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making
provisions do not apply.
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Recommendation
That the Hawke’s Bay Drinking Water
Governance Joint Committee receives and notes the “HBRC TANK Plan
Change Process Update” report.
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Authored by:
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Ceri Edmonds
Manager Policy and Planning
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Approved by:
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Liz Lambert
Group Manager Regulation
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Attachment/s
There are no
attachments for this report.
