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Applications that have been called in for under-cover dairying in the Mackenzie Basin

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Southdown Holdings Ltd, Williamson Holdings Ltd and Five Rivers Ltd lodged the following resource consent applications for the storage/ discharge of effluent and land use from under-cover dairy operations in the Mackenzie Basin:

Five Rivers Limited applications for resource consents from Environment Canterbury for activities associated with dairy farms at Ohau Downs, Lake Ohau Road, Omarama, as follows:

  • CRC100787 - a discharge permit to discharge solid effluent onto land and up to 875,000 litres per day of diluted dairy effluent onto land.
  • CRC100788 -  a land use consent to store dairy effluent in ponds.
  • CRC100824 - a land use consent for a stockholding pad (the cubicle stables).
  • CRC100827 - a land use consent to excavate land to create effluent storage ponds.
  • CRC101540 - a discharge permit to discharge contaminants to air from the storage of animal effluent in ponds and the housing of cows in cubicle stables.

Southdown Holdings Limited applications for resource consent from Environment Canterbury for activities associated with dairy farms at Glen Eyre Downs, Quailburn Road, Omarama, as follows:

  • CRC100224 - a discharge permit to discharge solid effluent onto land and up to 560,000 litres per day of diluted dairy effluent onto land.
  • CRC100480 -  a land use consent to store dairy effluent in ponds.
  • CRC100481 - a land use consent for a stockholding pad (the cubicle stables).
  • CRC100482 - a land use consent to excavate land to create effluent storage ponds.
  • CRC101542 - a discharge permit to discharge contaminants to air from the storage of animal effluent in ponds and the housing of cows in cubicle stables.

Williamson Holdings Limited applications for resource consent from Environment Canterbury for activities associated with dairy farms at Killermont Station, as follows:

  • CRC100227 - a discharge permit to discharge solid effluent to land and up to 308,000 litres per day of diluted dairy effluent onto land.
  • CRC100475 -  a land use consent to store dairy effluent in ponds.
  • CRC100478 - a land use consent for a stockholding pad (the cubicle stables).
  • CRC100479 - a land use consent to excavate land to create effluent storage ponds.
  • CRC101541 - a discharge permit to discharge contaminants to air from the storage of animal effluent in ponds and the housing of cows in cubicle stables.

Contact details

For further information please contact Helen Anderson,
Project Leader for the Board of Inquiry.
Phone: 04 439 7492


Last updated: 15 March 2010