2013-05-28-council-agenda - Taupo District Council
2013-05-28-council-agenda - Taupo District Council
2013-05-28-council-agenda - Taupo District Council
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Water<br />
Water is essential for life, health, recreation, and the environment. In our <strong>District</strong> water is also<br />
essential for economic development - if new industries cannot get access to water, they will not come<br />
here. This group of activities contributes to the environment and economy community outcomes.<br />
What we do<br />
The Waikato Regional <strong>Council</strong> allocates water from our lakes and rivers for household, commercial<br />
and industrial uses. <strong>Council</strong> currently has 20 resource consents to take water from lakes, rivers, bores<br />
and other sources in the <strong>District</strong>.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> treats, stores and distributes water for residential, commercial and industrial properties in<br />
<strong>Taupo</strong>, Turangi, Mangakino and 18 other settlements in the <strong>District</strong>. For areas with <strong>Council</strong> water<br />
schemes, the water is safe to drink and is supplied continuously, unless there are system breaks.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> imposes strict requirements on our water contractors to fix breaks quickly and cost-effectively.<br />
We also supply water for fire fighting in urban areas.<br />
What we plan for 2012/13<br />
Key actions, projects and services Complete On Track Will not<br />
complete<br />
Complete the <strong>Taupo</strong> treatment plant upgrade.<br />
Complete the Waitahanui treatment plant upgrade in<br />
2012/13 with Ministry of Health subsidy.<br />
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* Work now programmed for completion in early August 201 3.<br />
** Trail work is underway. The terms of the Ministry's subsidy are to be renegotiated with MoH to allow<br />
for an alternative design due to technical challenges.<br />
How we'll know we're on track<br />
What we want to know Measure Targets Result<br />
We provide a continuous<br />
supply of water that will<br />
over time meet New<br />
Zealand's Drinking<br />
Water Standards.<br />
(DWSNZ)<br />
Our main water supplies<br />
meet New Zealand<br />
drinking water standards:<br />
. Mangakino & Turangi<br />
remain fully compliant<br />
. Waitahanui compliant<br />
by 2012/13<br />
. <strong>Taupo</strong> compliant by<br />
<strong>2013</strong>/14.<br />
Service request<br />
responded to within 1<br />
hour and service restored<br />
within 4 hours.<br />
Achieve<br />
Achieve<br />
On Track.<br />
Work for Mangakino and Turangi has<br />
been completed (awaiting sign off by<br />
Drinking Water Assessor).<br />
Waitahanui is at the investigation<br />
phase and TaupB plant is in progress.<br />
Not achieved.<br />
54 service requests relating to water<br />
outage were attended during the last<br />
3 quarters of the year. 48 out of 54<br />
call-outs were responded to within the<br />
response period of an hour. For<br />
service restoration, 44 out of 54 were<br />
completed within the restoration<br />
period of 4 hours.<br />
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