Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council
Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council
Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council
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Date<br />
ANZECC<br />
guideline<br />
USEPA<br />
guideline<br />
Sampling<br />
location<br />
relative to<br />
yellow pipe<br />
Protection<br />
95%<br />
90%<br />
Temp<br />
(°C)<br />
Cond @<br />
20°C<br />
(mS/m)<br />
43<br />
pH<br />
Acid Soluble<br />
Zinc<br />
(g/m 3 )<br />
- - - -<br />
*at hardness of 30 g/m 3 CaCO3; ** at hardness of 25 g/m 3 CaCO3<br />
Dissolved<br />
Zinc<br />
(g/m 3 )<br />
0.008*<br />
0.015*<br />
Ammoniacal-<br />
N<br />
(g/m 3 N)<br />
Ammonia<br />
NH3<br />
(g/m 3 )<br />
Turb<br />
(NTU)<br />
2.49 - -<br />
- - - 0.033** - - -<br />
The dissolved zinc concentration in the tributary below <strong>Taranaki</strong> Galvanizers was<br />
below the median of values recorded at this site to date on both sampling occasions.<br />
All samples were taken when the yellow novaflow pipe was not discharging, and<br />
therefore indicated background concentrations.<br />
Historically, zinc concentrations generally decreased during the 1990’s, but appear to<br />
have remained relatively constant since then, varying between the detection limit of<br />
0.005 g/m 3 and 1 g/m 3 (Figure 13).<br />
Zinc (g/m 3 )<br />
2.5<br />
2<br />
1.5<br />
1<br />
0.5<br />
0<br />
Jan-88<br />
Zinc concentrations in tributary d/s of <strong>Taranaki</strong><br />
Galvanizers KHI000358<br />
Jan-90<br />
Jan-92<br />
Jan-94<br />
Jan-96<br />
Jan-98<br />
Jan-00<br />
Jan-02<br />
Zinc Acid Soluble Zinc Dissolved<br />
Jan-04<br />
Jan-06<br />
Figure 13 Zinc concentrations in a tributary of the Kahouri Stream downstream of the <strong>Taranaki</strong><br />
Galvanizers site (includes both above and below sites)<br />
Both ammoniacal nitrogen and conductivity in the tributary have shown a general<br />
decreasing trend over time (Figure 14 and Figure 15). The ammoniacal nitrogen<br />
concentration in the samples collected during the <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> monitoring year were<br />
equal to or below the median of values from the 25 samples collected previously,<br />
continuing the trend of recent years. Conductivity has generally been stable since<br />
1996, with <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> results remaining below the median of previous samples<br />
collected to date (Figure 15 and Table 12). In general, water quality within the mixing<br />
zone of the galvanizers discharge appears to be improving.