A New Zealand-based wastewater plant has become the target of considerable resident anger now that an oxidation pond installed in 2006 for temporary silt dewatering seems to have become more permanent. The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) allowed the installation on a temporary basis but both the council and the wastewater plant seem content to continue the use of geotextiles for dewatering at the site and may now even burry the material on site. Residents are angry that the plan has changed from what they originally approved.