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author | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-05-10 16:54:08 +0800 |
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committer | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-05-10 16:54:08 +0800 |
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diff --git a/assignment2/significance.tex b/assignment2/significance.tex index 427c155..16b8f39 100644 --- a/assignment2/significance.tex +++ b/assignment2/significance.tex @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ alterations resulting from human activity'' \parencite{npsfm-guide}. Resolving this ambiguity, the NPSFM intends a limits-based regime to be established where regional councils are expected to collaborate with the community to translate individual values and freshwater -objectives into enforcable limits for individual -waterbodies \parencite[][p. 14]{npsfm-guide}. The implementation and +objectives into enforceable limits for individual +water bodies \parencite[][p. 14]{npsfm-guide}. The implementation and enforcement of this National Policy Statement---and pending its implementation, decisions relating to the significance of project impacts on the environment---crucially depend on a sound information @@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ base derived from regular monitoring. The National River Water Quality Network enables the measurement of various water quality indicators (e.g. temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nutrients etc.) at 77 sites and has been used to measure nation-wide water -quality trends \parencite{nrwqn}. In total there are about 600 -monitoring sites \parencite{water-quality}. +quality trends. In total there are about 600 monitoring +sites \parencite{nrwqn}. %According to the \emph{Environment New Zealand 2007} report ... % say something about water quality trends? -Following a limits-based approach and with the help of a monitoring -network, it would be practical to impose absolute limits for a variety +Following a limits-based approach and with the help of monitoring +networks, it would be practical to impose absolute limits for a variety of water health indicators. Whether a residual impact on the physical environment is significant or not then is a matter of setting measured trends against the expected level of the impacts of a proposed @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ exceeded by the plant's wastewaster discharge, the impact would be rated as significant and in need of mitigation to avoid significant effects on the aquatic ecosystem. The same approach is applicable for any impact that affects quantifiable environmental properties, such as -the release of organic and inorganic compunds, or the contamination +the release of organic and inorganic compounds, or the contamination with residual antibiotics and pesticides. According to the description, the river is already used as a sink for the wastewater of another dairy factory; dairy farming is said to have expanded in this @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ from farm effluent and non-point sources has also increased. It is likely that under these circumstances, the cumulative impacts of wastewater discharge would be deemed significant. -Other impacts cannot easily be quanitifed. This includes higher-order +Other impacts cannot easily be quantified. This includes higher-order impacts such as the stress that an increased number of workers may exert on local community services. The likelihood of these impacts depends on the state of local facilities and the cumulative workload |