Nor'West News: May 23, 2017

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Fresh water from new wells
A $15 million programme to
replace shallow wells supplying
water to 80,000 residents in the
north-west is progressing well,
with all those residents now
receiving water from 14 new deep
wells.
The remaining unconfined
shallow wells are being
upgraded as it is possible that
microbiological contaminants in
surface water could seep into the
aquifer.
In September last year, city
council agreed to fast-track
work to drill deeper wells in the
north-west as a response to the
contamination event in Havelock
North which heightened
concerns about water quality
nationwide.
Workers take samples from the
new Avonhead well.
City council planning
delivery manager three waters
and waste John Moore said the
programme was progressing
well, with 14 out of 28 new wells
already commissioned and in
use.
“In terms of the physical
drilling, we are halfway there
which is great progress and on
target for our planned finish in
June 2019.
“We’ve already been able to
decommission six of the old
wells and have turned off the
UPGRADE: Workers take samples from the new Avonhead well.
remaining old wells. As a health
and safety issue, we need to
retain the option to turn those
old wells back on until work is
complete on all 28 of the new
wells and we have them all fully
functional.”
Mr Moore said the current
water grading on the shallow
wells was D, compared to a B
grading across the rest of the city
where drinking water is sourced
from secure, deep wells.
The north-west water supply
zone stretches from Belfast
through to Yaldhurst and
includes parts of Riccarton and
Addington, supplying 80,000
people.
“We’ve got an excellent
working relationship with the
Canterbury District Health
Board and they’re happy with the
progress we are making on this
programme. It is a huge project
that started in 2012 and is going
to continue for two more years,
costing around $15 million. In
the end we will have a secure
supply of high-grade drinking
water for the north west of the
city.”
Mona Vale dilemma
• By Julia Evans
ARTISTS ARE queuing up for a
live-in residency opportunity at
Mona Vale.
But red tape is holding them
back.
Earthquake repairs to the
Mona Vale gatehouse on
Fendalton Rd are on track to
be completed by early
December.
But after a briefing from city
council staff, the Fendalton-
Waimairi-Harewood Community
Board turned down a
recommendation that the city
council would cover the cost of
any residency.
The initial proposal meant
the city council would cover the
full cost of artist’s rent for the
gatehouse, which the board did
not think was appropriate.
“The artist may leave behind
some artworks but they would
HERITAGE: Artists
are lining up
for the chance
of residency at
the Mona Vale
gatehouse, which
should be up
and running by
December.
be living rent-free,” board chairman
David Cartwright said.
However, during the city
council’s draft Annual Plan submissions
city councillor Vicki
Buck questioned how close it
was to finding someone suitable.
She said she’d been approached
by several groups who
were desperate for it.
“There are a number of groups
of artists in residence that do
want to pay rent for that site,” Cr
Buck said.
Mr Cartwright said the board
was currently looking at alternatives
in which it might partner
with Canterbury University or
Ara, which already have residence
programmes.
“It’s a work in progress,” he
said.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel told
the board it would have to find
someone suitable before the
gatehouse is repaired.
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