Western News: September 18, 2018

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Fire rages, homes at risk
Council moves to ease aquifer fears
• By Anan Zaki
THE CITY council has moved
to ease fears that a groundwater
aquifer has been damaged in
Avonhead.
The aquifer is about 9.4 to 9.6m
below ground, according to Environment
Canterbury. It is within
the Christchurch Groundwater
Protection Zone and used for the
city’s drinking water supply.
People living and working on
Hawthornden Rd near the construction
site say they have seen
large puddles of water for the past
month, even during dry weather.
They asked Waimairi Ward
city councillor Raf Manji to look
into the matter. He passed it onto
compliance workers at the city
council.
Last week, city council head
of regulatory compliance Tracey
Weston said there were no issues.
“Compliance officers have confirmed
that the earthworks that
have been carried out on the site
are compliant.
“[Officers] have included the
provision of an erosion and
sediment control plan to council
prior to works commencing,” she
said.
Mechanic Jonathan Wilson
worked at the construction site
on August 23 and saw it covered
in water. “I went in there to do a
job [to repair a dump truck] for
one of the contractors doing the
earthworks.
“The reason they had broken
their dump truck was [because]
it came down to the fact that
the ground was so wet and they
were having traction issues,” Mr
Wilson said.
When he saw the water, he
did not think much of it until he
spoke to his mother Rae Wilson,
who lives on Hawthornden Rd.
Mrs Wilson, said her immediate
thoughts went to the aquifers
at the site. “I said [to my son]
it’s always been wet there. But
you could see the water in dry
weather, it was sitting in pools.
“I’d say the aquifer would have
been damaged considerably with
the vibrations from the construction,”
Mrs Wilson said.
Resident Clive Paris believed
that the timing of the ponding
with the earthworks was no
coincidence.
“We believe that there is a
direct correlation between where
PIPING: Wastewater
pipes are being
installed at the
retirement village
construction site,
which residents
say is causing large
puddles of water to
form.
the works is taking place
and where the aquifer is.”
ECan also plan to visit the
site this week as part of their
“regular” compliance checks.
“We believe there is a relatively
low risk at this site as there is no
need for works to go near the
aquifer,” ECan zone manager
Steve Firth said.
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