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Identifying, Investigating and Managing Risks Associated with Former Sheep-dip Sites

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Characteristics of Sheep-dip Contamination

3 Planners' Guide

4 Identifying Former Sheep-dip Sites

5 Site Investigation

6 Risk Management

7 Best Practice Tips for Common Sheep-dip Scenarios

Appendix 1: Checklist for Landowners to Assess Sheep-dip Sites and Management Options

Appendix 2: Draft District Plan Provisions for Disused Sheep Dips

Appendix 3: Current Legislation and the Role of Local Authorities

Appendix 4: The Historical and Legal Context for Sheep Dipping

Appendix 5: Applied Chemicals and their Toxicity

Appendix 6: Soil Guideline Values

Appendix 7: Case Studies

Appendix 8: Comparing Different Sheep-dip Sampling Strategies

Appendix 9: International Practices

Appendix 10: Photographs of Sheep-dip Structures

Glossary

References

Bibliography

Appendix 10: Photographs of Sheep-dip Structures

Figure A.3: A typical swim-through dip with full immersion of sheep using a crutch

Source: JE Duncan, Practical Points of Sheep Dipping, Bulletin No. 181, New Zealand Department of Agriculture. Courtesy of the National Library of New Zealand.

Figure A.4: The U or divided swim bath

Source: JE Duncan, Practical Points of Sheep Dipping, Bulletin No. 181, New Zealand Department of Agriculture.

Figure A.5: Island or ring bath

Source: JE Duncan, Practical Points of Sheep Dipping, Bulletin No. 181, New Zealand Department of Agriculture.

Figure A.6: Pot bath with curved race and covered sump

Source: JE Duncan, Practical Points of Sheep Dipping, Bulletin No. 181, New Zealand Department of Agriculture.

Figure A.7: Stewart reciprocating sheep shower

Source: JE Duncan, Practical Points of Sheep Dipping, Bulletin No. 181, New Zealand Department of Agriculture.

Figure A.8: Cattle grazing next to disused sheep dip trench

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC.

Figure A.9: Redundant pot dip with partially collapsed yards

Pot filled in with rubble after urban landowner's pet dog fell into bath and nearly drowned.

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC

Figure A.10: Former pot dip with large, partially collapsed, holding yards

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC.

Figure A.11: Pre-1930s pot dip for manually dipping one sheep at a time

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC.

Figure A.12: Concrete remains of filled-in dip structure, still accessible to livestock

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC.

Figure A.13: 1970s/ 1980s mobile spray dip

Source: Courtesy WAIPAC