The dripping water torture

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The dripping water torture

• Plan Changes in Marlborough District Plan

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The Problem

• On site sewage disposal in Sounds
• Unsuitable soil types
• High loadings for short periods
• Old, unsuitable technology for effluent disposal
• Historically unchallenged
• rapid increase in demand for holiday homes
• Aquaculture and recreational use growing

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The Solution

• Make Council accountable for the results
• Prove the problem, convince that a change needed
• Look at current rules
• Ammend for sustainable management
• Council enlist a Gunn

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The Solution

• No. Operative Changes Status Description of the
  change
• PC7 On-site discharges of Domestic
  Wastewater Notified 21/4/05
• Submissions 20/5/05
• Summary 9/6/05
• Further Submissions 8/7/05
• Hearing 19-20/9/05
• Decisions Decisions 8/12/05
• Operative 10/03/06 The Plan change amends the
  existing provisions in the plan relating to
  on-site wastewater management systems ("on-site
  systems).
• A range of additional objectives and policies,
  and several changes to the rules, were developed
  to protect the Marlborough Sounds environment

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The Solution

• http//www.marlborough.govt.nz/content/docs/plans
  20and20reports/PlanChange72DOperative2D10March0
  6.pdf
• MSRM Plan ammended to deal comprehensively with
  on site disposal in the most sensitive of areas.