Pegasus Post: November 20, 2018

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Fire rages, homes at risk
Bid to conserve water over summer
THE CITY council has warned
too much water use this summer
could slow down its well-head
upgrade work and lead to water
shortages and a reduced capacity
to fight fires.
As the temperature climbs,
the city council is encouraging
residents to start doing their
bit to conserve water and help
reduce demand on the district’s
water supply network.
Water Supply Improvement
Programme manager Helen
Beaumont said the issue wasn’t
the amount of water available or
the size of the supply network,
but rather the network’s ability to
deliver water when usage spiked.
“When demand for water
is high, we can only supply so
much through the network. The
pumps, pipes and reservoirs can
only deliver a certain amount
of water at any one time, and if
people use too much while we
have wells off-line for upgrades,
there could be a pressure loss
in the system, shortages, or not
enough to fight fires.
“Ninety-five per cent of the
time, we only need to use about
half of the wells and pump
stations available in the network.
It’s only a problem at times
during summer, when demand
for water is at its highest.”
SAVE: The city council is encouraging hand-held watering only for lawns and gardens on
alternate days between 9pm and 7am in a bid to save water. (Right) – The new water dial found
at ccc.govt.nz/wateruse shows Christchurch’s residential water use for the previous day.
Ms Beaumont said the district’s
water use was already higher
than this time last year so it
was important people got the
message now.
“We need people to come on
board with the campaign to
conserve our water. We don’t
want to impose restrictions, we
want to give people a chance to
change their thinking and make
some small changes now to their
water usage.
As part of its conservation
campaign, the city council has
created an online water dial –
available at ccc.govt.nz/wateruse
– which shows the city’s daily
water usage against the target for
summer.
The city council is encouraging
hand-held watering only for
lawns and gardens on alternate
days between 9pm and 7am,
reducing laundry loads, and
keeping personal showers to
5min.
Ms Beaumont said water usage
this summer would have a big
impact on the city council’s
ability to upgrade its well-heads
and end chlorination sooner.
“We can only work on well
heads when they’re not in use. So
the less water used this summer,
the faster we can upgrade the
well heads and the sooner we
can end water chlorination in
Christchurch.”
What’s your view on the
Residential Unit Overlay
District Plan Changes
Section 71 Proposal?
Let us know your views on the Proposal to use section 71 of the Greater
Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 to make amendments to the
Christchurch District Plan.
The amendments would:
• provide clarity and support to areas (known as the Residential Unit
Overlay) where the risk of flooding is predominantly from sea level rise
• permit people with vacant sites (where houses have been demolished
since the earthquakes) in the Residential Unit Overlay to rebuild
houses of a similar size to what was there without requiring a resource
consent.
The Proposal, developed by Christchurch City Council, has been
submitted to the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration who is
inviting your views.
Anyone can make a written comment, which must be received by
5.00pm, Monday, 26 November 2018.
The Proposal can be viewed with more information, and written
comments made online at: www.dpmc.govt.nz/residential-unit-overlay
Also, the Proposal can be viewed and written comment forms are
available at Christchurch City Council service centres and libraries, and
the main office of Selwyn and Waimakariri District Councils during normal
business hours.
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