Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P /><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This dataset is part of the Proposed Regional Plan, July 2017. It has no legal effect.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The data set is for visual presentation of the Groundwater Freshwater Management Units and how it relates to the Plan CMA. As the groundwater and surface water maps are based on the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>Qmap</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>and REC 1 watershed boundaries, the boundaries at the CMA do not align. This is a function of the two different datasets and a pragmatic approach of aligning the boundaries for visual purposes has been undertaken. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>As a result, this alignment is subjective. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The visual dataset for the Regional Plan is:</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Northlands mapped aquifers as spatially defined in the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://thehub.nrc.govt.nz/id:A832705"><SPAN><SPAN>Mangeya 2012 Report</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>; and;</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>A 200 metre internal boundary of the Coastal Marine Area July 2017 (CMA 17) – referred to as the coastal strip. </SPAN></SPAN></P></LI></UL><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>With the following adjustments:</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Where there was an internal gap between the CMA 17 and the mapped aquifer, the mapped aquifer boundary was extended to the CMA 17. </SPAN></SPAN></P></LI></UL><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Where the mapped aquifer extended over the CMA 17 the mapped aquifer boundary remained as is.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The data set was then displayed as follows</SPAN></SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Coastal mapped aquifers and 200m coastal strip. </SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Aupouri Aquifer</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Other Aquifers - internal mapped and areas unmapped.</SPAN></SPAN></P></LI></UL><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The appropriate scale of use </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>is 1:50,000 </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This dataset is part of the Proposed Regional Plan. It has no legal effect.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Northlands' Coastal waters are classified into four water quality management units; the Hatea River arm of the Whangārei Harbour, Tidal Creeks, Estuaries, and the Open Coast. Each management unit has associated water quality standards for protecting the health of the aquatic ecosystems and other designated uses (contact recreation and shellfish consumption). The standards are applied in regional rules for discharges of contaminants into coastal waters.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The landward boundary of the coastal marine area (CMA). The seaward extent of the unit was determined by professional judgement. Consideration was given to water quality data, aerial images and the width of the channel.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The landward extent of the tidal creek unit was defined by the landward boundary of the CMA. The seaward extent of the unit was determined by professional judgement. Consideration was given to water quality data, aerial images and the width of the channel.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The landward extent of the estuary unit was defined by the boundary with the tidal creek unit. The seaward extent was determined by professional judgment. Aerial images were used to identify the entrance of each estuary with the open coast.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The extent of open coast unit was defined by the boundary of the estuary unit and the seaward boundary of the CMA. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This data was updated to follow the updated Proposed CMA boundary as at June 2017. It was unchanged for the Staff recommended version of the Proposed regional plan, August 2018.</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>No changes were made to this data set for the Council Decision version of the RP, January 2019.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>