Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 20 March 2014 36.1.7.3 Dairy Effluent Disposal The discharge of contaminants (but excluding hazardous substances) from dairy sheds, or dairy washdown facilities onto or into land in circumstances which may result in that contaminant entering groundwater shall be a Permitted Activity provided that: a) The discharge shall not be within 20 metres of a surface waterbody or over any unconfined aquifer or drainage channel; b) There shall be no run-off of contaminants into surfacewater resulting from the discharge of the contaminant onto or into land; c) The total nitrogen loading on the area to be used for discharging shall not exceed 200kg N/ ha/ yr; d) When discharging effluent a buffer zone of a minimum 10 metres in width is to be maintained between the area of discharge and any property boundary; e) The washwater collection, containment and application system shall not be within 20 metres of the boundary of any neighbouring property without that person’s prior written consent, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Council; f) The washwater collection and containment system shall not be within 20 metres of any surface waterbody; g) The washwater collection, containment and application system shall not be within 20 metres of any area identified by tangata whenua as being of special value, or any filed archaeological site; h) There shall be no spray drift beyond the boundary of the land to which the effluent is discharged; i) No objectionable odours shall be able to be detected at or beyond the legal boundary of the land to which the effluent is discharged; j) There shall be contingency measures in place to ensure that there is no contravention of the above conditions in the event of system failure or adverse climatic conditions; k) The system will be monitored by the Council to ensure there is compliance with the above conditions; and l) The discharge, after reasonable mixing shall not breach the water quality standard set for the waterbody in Appendix H. 36.1.7.4 Point Source and Non Point Source Stormwater The discharge of point source stormwater, to land or natural water, by gravity and/ or the discharge of non point source stormwater, to land or any natural water; shall be a Permitted Activity provided that; a) The discharge shall not cause any significant erosion or inundation of land; b) The discharge shall not have any significant adverse effect on water quality; 36 - 12