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September 2012
Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles
Fluorine poses risk following volcanic eruptions
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Although there appeared to be minimal impact on farm pasture and drinking water outside of the volcano’s immediate surrounding area, reviewing farm preparedness in the event of future eruptions is an opportunity to put a plan in place. GNS Science head volcanologist Gill Jolly said a future eruption could have wide ranging impacts across the central North Island. “It would depend on two main factors — size of eruption and wind direction at time of eruption.” Dr Jolly said the ash from the Ruapehu eruptions in 1995 and 1996 was deposited as far north as Rotorua on one occasion and out towards Hawke’s Bay on another. Moderate levels of fluorine found in samples of the ash from the Tongariro eruption were similar to that found Photo: Steve Sherburn, GNS Science during the Mount Ruapehu The central part of the debris flow on eruptions. Mount Tongariro. A new vent area west of Upper Te Maari is the steaming area in the background Fluorine attaches to ash and poses a risk to humans “Experience from the 1995-96 and livestock as it contaminates water eruptions has shown that ash covering supplies and pasture. Professor Shane Cronin of the Institute greater than two millimetres, low-grazed of Natural Resources at Massey University pastures, and low rainfall following ash said ash fall can impact pastoral grazing deposition are critical factors increasing systems by covering pasture, meaning hazard.” that it is ingested by grazing sheep, cattle and deer. “Further, livestock drinking water in open troughs may be contaminated.” Some livestock will avoid grazing pasture containing high levels of acidic and abrasive ash. This can lead to starvation if no supplementary feed is offered. Professor Cronin said if significant ash is ingested along with pasture, livestock are also at risk of the disease fluorosis.
Stock fatalities usually begin 4-10 days after ash fall if additional feed is unavailable. Professor Cronin said deer were likely to be the most susceptible to the disease, followed by cattle. Sheep are the most resistant. Rural residents reliant on roofcatchment for their drinking water supplies are advised to avoid ash runoff into water tanks by temporarily disconnecting intake pipes.
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