Chapter 15 - Discharge of Contaminants to Land 15.7 Methods of Implementation Rules Rules make provision for the storage and transfer of materials, including wastes, subject to performance standards. Education Promote methods for the safe transfer of solid and liquid materials, including wastes, that avoid adverse environmental effects. Education would include techniques to adequately secure loads and prevent leakages. Enforcement The Council will issue abatement notices and enforcement orders where the storage of solid and liquid wastes creates any significant adverse effect. Education is the key means of changing people’s attitudes and behaviour. If most of the community is attempting to achieve desired outcomes then regulation is only needed to ensure complete community achievement of outcomes. 15.8 Anticipated Environmental Results Implementation of the policies and methods for managing the discharge of contaminants to land is anticipated to result in: • Maintenance or enhancement of groundwater quality in controlled aquifers through strict controls on discharge of contaminants; • Improved surface water quality through riparian management alongside water bodies which require enhancement; • Adverse environmental effects associated with landfills avoided, remedied or mitigated; • Soil contamination reduced and land ecosystems protected through improved control of the discharge of contaminants to land, particularly agricultural effluent and industrial waste; • Soil contamination reduced and land ecosystems protected through control of the storage and transfer of materials, including waste; • The reuse of valuable resources being encouraged and the waste stream being reduced; • Amenity values being protected through the control of dumping of solid waste; • Amenity values being protected through improved control of the storage and transfer of materials, including waste; • Improved monitoring information and understanding of effects of non-point source discharges on surface water bodies; and 15 - 7