Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 10 March 2006 (g) The past maintenance of the system; and (h) The conditions of any relevant permitted activity or resource consent. Enforcement Where an on-site wastewater management system is failing to treat and/ or contain domestic wastewater on the subject property, action can be taken under the Building Act 2004 and/ or the Resource Management Act 1991. The action will require the discharge to cease or remedial measures to be taken to rectify the problem. Septic Tank The Council will investigate options for co-ordinating the Pump-out pump-out of septic tanks throughout the Marlborough Sounds, including the appropriate disposal of septic tank sludge. Investigations The Council will review existing technical information and undertake research, where necessary, to determine the factors that influence the performance of on-site wastewater management systems. Information The Council will collect information on existing on-site Collection wastewater management systems in the Marlborough Sounds. This information will be stored on a database, which can then be used as the basis of implementing a number of the other methods identified in this chapter. The database will also store information on new on-site systems authorised through resource consent processes. Information Education is a vital tool in improving the performance of sharing existing on-site wastewater management systems and ensuring new on-site wastewater management systems are managed effectively. The Council will provide property owners and servicing agents with details on the factors that affect the performance of on-site systems and outline appropriate operation, maintenance and monitoring procedures for all on-site systems. Liaison The Council will establish a working group of industry practitioners and other relevant parties in order to provide a forum to discuss issues associated with the ongoing performance of on-site wastewater management systems. This working group can consider particular issues and provide advice on ways in which performance can be improved. The methods focus on means of improving the performance of existing on-site wastewater management systems and ensuring that future on-site systems perform according to design. The Plan recognises that the day-to-day use and ongoing maintenance influence the performance of on-site systems in the long term. From this perspective, the Council will require the designers of new on-site systems to specify, and provide to the property owner, the appropriate procedures for operating the system. The Council will also provide relevant information to property owners, so that they can act to appropriately manage and maintain their on-site systems where no 14 - 16