This guideline summary provides some help to farmers about what types of treatment and disposal systems would be appropriate dependant on the sensitivity of the receiving environment. Everybody who deals with the treatment and disposal of dairy shed effl uent in the region is required to meet the general requirements. The following details the region wide guidelines for new consent applications. They are broken into three main categories:

• Land disposal by irrigation system or muck wagon
• Land or pond soakage of effluent
• Surface water discharge

Included in the guidelines are other dairy farm activities that have potential to impact on the environment i.e. silage pits, calf-rearing facilities, and dairy feed pads/loafing pads.

Dairy Effluent Deficit Irrigation Report

Environment Bay of Plenty produces fact sheets that relate to various areas of our responsibilities. These fact sheets provide information on specific topics and are very useful resources for Bay of Plenty residents.

The following fact sheets provide general advice for Dairy Effluent Maintainance Checks:

Managing Farm Dairy Effluent - DEC Manual 2006 on Dexcel Website

Management of farm dairy effluent is a rapidly changing technology. It is subject to Regional Council and Dairy Industry regulations.

Managing Farm Dairy Effluent addresses the safe, economic and practical aspects of effluent management.

The practices and information contained in this web reproduced publication provide current technical information for dairy farmers, Regional Councils, Dairy Industry consultants and contractors.