Tell us what you think about stormwater at your place
Thursday 23 August 2018
The poor quality of water ending up in streams, rivers and the ocean can be a result of contaminated stormwater from roofs, driveways and roads.
Western Bay of Plenty District Council is asking people in the eastern urban areas of the District to speak up if they have seen any degradation or erosion of local waterways. This information will help Council finalise a catchment plan to improve the way stormwater is discharged.
Council is starting work in the urban areas of Te Puke, Maketu, Little Waihi, Pukehina and Paengaroa and has drafted a plan to manage the discharge of stormwater.
Project engineer team leader Coral-Lee Ertel urges people to let Council know if they have noticed any contamination in local streams, or eroding stream banks.
Locals are the best source of information - as they may notice waterways deteriorating, or stream banks eroding - and it's this type of feedback that will be very valuable to us.
It is critical to make the discharge of stormwater into the environment as safe as possible - that's what this management plan process is all about.''
Council is responsible for managing stormwater in its urban catchments and it is planning to do this through an integrated catchment management plan (CMP) approach.
These management plans are already underway in the central and western urban catchments of Omokoroa, Te Puna, Minden, Katikati and Waihi Beach.
Council has prepared a draft Plan for the eastern urban areas and this is out for public feedback until Friday, 19 October 2019. The aim is to develop and continually improve the methods of stormwater discharge in to the environment.
If you live in the urban areas of Te Puke, Maketu, Little Waihi, Pukehina and Paengaroa please have a read of the Draft CMP which is available on our website and at the Te Puke Library (summary and full versions) and provide your feedback by filling out the form.
Your feedback will help Council include any new knowledge on different land use types (urban, or mix of land-use types) within the eastern catchments so that stormwater management can be improved.
This Plan does not include any of the rural catchment in the Eastern region, as this is the responsibility of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
Have your say
Please provide your feedback on the Draft Catchment Management Plan (CMP) for the Eastern Catchments by 4pm Friday 19 October 2018.
You can drop in to one of the community events coming up, to find out more about the draft plan. See haveyoursay.westernbay.govt.nz/cmp for more info.
