This Asset Management Plan covers river and catchment management assets administered by Environment Waikato within the Upper Waikato Management Zone of the Waikato region. Several individual catchment scheme asset plans have been in place since 1998. These plans have now been reviewed and combined into this single zone plan.

The review was also prompted by the need to include the Waikato River and Catchment Services provisions (Project Watershed) into the earlier documents, the need to include river management assets into a plan, as well as meeting the requirement for five yearly reviews of asset plans. Environment Waikato’s Clean Stream Project provisions have also been included in this zone based plan.

The Upper Waikato Management Zone covers the catchment area above Mangakino extending to the Lake Taupo Control Gates. The Plan covers the earlier catchment control schemes including the Torepatutahi, Waiehu and Pueto schemes (known as the Reporoa Schemes), Paeroa Range Scheme (including Whirinaki Scheme), Whakamaru scheme and numerous individual soil conservation and river related projects.

The Plan identifies maintenance programmes, management strategies, performance standards and funding arrangements for catchment and river assets. The Plan is an agreement between Environment Waikato, property owners and local communities as to how existing scheme assets are to be maintained into the future. It is based on the consultation undertaken over a period of time including the ongoing deliberations of Upper Waikato River and Catchment Liaison Subcommittee.

Further capital work is required to achieve complete zone coverage. These works were identified under the Waikato River and Catchment Services Project (Project Watershed) and are now incorporated into the zone asset plan.

The Plan has been prepared in accordance with the Regional Asset Management Strategy adopted by Environment Waikato in 1994, the Resource Management Act (1991) and the Local Government Act (2002).

Upper Waikato Zone - River and Catchment Asset Management Plan
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Executive Summary	v
Introduction – Purpose of the Plan	v
Description of assets	v
Levels of service	vi
Lifecycle management plan	vi
Financial requirements	vi
Monitoring and quality assurance	vii
1 Introduction	9
1.1 Asset management - objectives and principles	9
1.2 Background/history	9
2 Levels of service	11
2.1 Issues	11
2.1.1 Soil erosion	11
2.1.2 Water quality	12
2.1.3 River management issues	12
2.2 Scheme objectives and description	13
2.3 Description of Works	14
2.3.1 Retirement of land	14
2.3.2 Re-vegetation of retired areas	14
2.3.3 Fencing	15
2.3.4 Minor engineering works/erosion control structures	16
2.3.5 River management assets	16
2.4 Contractual arrangements - Land Improvement Agreements (LIAs)	17
2.5 Scheme benefits	18
2.6 Community liaison/consultation	19
2.6.1 River and Catchment Subcommittee	19
2.7 Integration of functions and agencies	20
2.7.1 Environment Waikato internal integration	20
2.7.2 Land use regulatory controls	20
2.7.3 Rotorua and Taupo District Councils	20
2.7.4 Department of Conservation (DOC)	21
2.7.5 Fish & Game	21
2.7.6 Forest management	21
2.8 External consultation	21
2.9 Service delivery	21
2.9.1 Administration and management	22
2.9.2 Quality assurance	22
2.9.3 Maintenance work	22
2.10 Key performance indicators	22
2.10.1 Complete stock exclusion from all retired areas	22
2.10.2 Establishment of vegetation within PRFG Areas	22
2.10.3 Installation of alternative crossings/access-ways	22
2.10.4 Erosion control structures such as gully flumes	23
2.10.5 River and stream management	23
2.10.6 Environment Waikato’s Clean Streams	23
2.11 Non compliance with agreements	23
3 Asset valuation and condition	24
3.1 Asset valuation	24
3.2 Condition of catchment assets	24
3.2.1 Fences	24
3.2.2 Plantings	25
3.2.3 Structures	25
3.2.4 Water supply systems	26
3.2.5 Condition of Clean Streams assets	26
3.2.6 Condition of river management assets	26
4 Life cycle management plan	26
4.1 Management strategies for the maintenance of assets	26
4.1.1 Soil conservation fencing	27
4.1.2 Soil conservation plantings	28
4.1.3 Structures - crossings/bridges	29
4.1.4 Erosion control structures	30
4.2 Maintenance funding protocols	30
4.2.1 Land Improvement Agreements (LIA’s)	30
4.2.2 Eligible works	30
4.3 River management strategy	32
4.4 Asset replacement strategy/disposal plan	33
4.4.1 Fencing	33
4.4.2 Planting	34
4.4.3 Erosion control structures	35
4.5 Creation/acquisition/augmentation plan	35
5 Financial requirements	35
5.1 Funding policies	35
5.2 Activity analysis	36
5.2.1 Indirect activities	36
5.3 Direct activities - maintenance	36
5.3.1 Transitional maintenance	36
5.4 Direct activities - new capital works	37
5.5 Disaster Contingency	37
6 Asset management practices	37
6.1 Database management	37
7 Monitoring and quality assurance	38
7.1 Compliance and condition monitoring	38
7.2 Performance audits	39
7.3 Customer surveys	39
7.4 Environmental monitoring	39
7.4.1 Monitoring objectives	39
7.4.2 Water quality issues	39
7.4.3 Environmental monitoring schedule	40
Bibliography	42
Supporting information	43
Appendix I	45
Catchment works and value - Upper Waikato zone	45
Appendix II	46
Indirect activities - annual cost estimates	46
Appendix III	47
Upper Waikato zone – Waikato River and catchment services	47
Appendix IV	48
Upper Waikato zone - funding apportionment	48
Appendix IV contd.	49
Grant rates	49
Appendix V	51
River Management grant rates and provisions	51
Appendix VI	52
Condition grading system	52

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Upper Waikato Zone - River and Catchment Asset Management Plan

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