Marine Outfall

Gisborne District Council seeks to enhance Poverty Bay water quality through: A) Phased improvement over a period of time in the quality of wastewater discharge from the city outfall including monitoring and controlling the quality of trade wastes from commercial and industrial premises. B) Continued encouragement of on-site treatment of effluent prior to discharge particularly within the horticultural processing sector. C) Ongoing commitment to continued upgrading, where necessary, of infrastructure to manage the quality of urban run-off. D) Ongoing commitment to the management and improvement of rural run-off via strategies and via rules in the Tairāwhiti Plan