A Road Map for Smart Outcomes in Stormwater Management
Stormwater Conference
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Historically Hastings District Council held permits for discharging stormwater from their reticulated and open channel network to carry stormwater from the built environment into receiving waters.
To support the comprehensive discharge permits (as is now expected from Regional Councils) and given the absence of detailed and robust local stormwater data, a ‘road map’ was developed to form a catchment based stormwater management regime.
The ‘road map’ approach facilitates improvements to the overall management and effects of stormwater discharges. It enables the ‘connectiveness’ of the urban and rural stormwater that ultimately discharges to the main receiving environment, the Karamu Stream, to be properly considered.
The ‘road map’ complements existing statutory and non-statutory mechanisms and enables comprehensive stormwater discharge information to be obtained, enabling more robust responses to be made on an informed and rational basis, including better consent conditions.
The feedback loop and effectiveness of the ‘road map’ will be documented in the Catchment Management Plan(s) and Annual Monitoring Report.
The road map approach is a ‘pathway’ towards integrated management. It is a collaborative and adaptive management approach based on outcomes derived from monitoring results and responses, comprehensive conditions and catchment management plan outcomes.