Volume Two 3. Rural Environment Zone (a) must be uncovered; (b) must not be treated with any chemicals. 3.3.30. Discharge of human effluent into or onto land. 3.3.30.1. The human effluent must be treated via an on-site wastewater management system which must be maintained in an efficient operating condition at all times. 3.3.30.2. There must be no increase in the rate of discharge due to an increased occupancy of the building(s). 3.3.30.3. There must be: (a) no ponding of effluent; (b) no run-off or infiltration of effluent beyond the property boundary or into a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel, Drainage Channel Network, groundwater or coastal water. 3.3.30.4. The discharge rate must not exceed 2000 litres per day, averaged over any 7 day period. 3.3.30.5. Effluent must be able to: (a) infiltrate through at least 600mm of unsaturated soil following primary treatment; or (b) infiltrate through at least 300mm of unsaturated soil following secondary treatment. 3.3.30.6. The discharge must not occur within a Groundwater Protection Area. 3.3.30.7. The discharge must not occur within 50m of a bore unless the bore intercepts the confined layer of Riverlands FMU or the confined layer of the Wairau Aquifer FMU. 3.3.30.8. The discharge must not be within a Level 2 or 3 Flood Hazard Area. 3.3.30.9. For a new discharge of human effluent to land commencing after 9 June 2016, the discharge must not occur into or onto a Soil Sensitive Area. 3.3.31. Disposal of farm rubbish into a pit. 3.3.31.1. Only biodegradable material (except offal or a carcass) must be disposed of to a farm rubbish pit. 3.3.31.2. Only farm rubbish sourced from the same property must be disposed of to a farm rubbish pit. 3.3.31.3. The farm rubbish pit must not be sited within a Groundwater Protection Area. 3.3.31.4. The farm rubbish pit must not be located within: (a) 50m of a bore unless the bore intercepts the confined layer of Riverlands FMU or the confined layer of the Wairau Aquifer FMU; (b) 20m of a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel or Drainage Channel Network; (c) 50m of any boundary of the property or a dwelling. 3.3.31.5. Surface run-off must not enter the pit. 3 – 25