Week 4a- Water: Discharge Consents

Discharge consents cover activities which discharge contaminants into water into or onto land to air.

You may need a discharge consent if your activity is likely to:

discharge potentially contaminated water (or water containing sediment) into water, or onto or into land
discharge farm animal effluent into water, or onto or into land
discharge treated human sewage onto or into land or water
discharge treated or untreated wastes into water, or onto or into land involve dumping or landfills
create offending odours
involve intensive indoor farming of pigs, broiler chickens or mushrooms
discharge dust, steam or other matter into the air