The Star: May 30, 2019
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Water strategy for next 100 years<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
A PLAN to cover the next 100<br />
years of every aspect of the city’s<br />
water is in the pipeline.<br />
An integrated strategy to<br />
manage the water supply, wastewater,<br />
stormwater, surface water,<br />
groundwater and flood management<br />
for the next century is being<br />
developed by the city council.<br />
Water<br />
accounts for 25<br />
per cent of the<br />
city council’s<br />
projected<br />
spend over<br />
the next 10<br />
years with<br />
Helen<br />
Beaumont<br />
$10 billion<br />
budgeted for<br />
it in the Long<br />
Term Plan.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> strategy is a high-level<br />
overarching strategy developed<br />
to consider water resources<br />
and water services, values and<br />
demands, and set a framework<br />
to help the council to manage<br />
them in an integrated way for<br />
at least the next 100 years,” city<br />
council water supply programme<br />
manager Helen Beaumont.<br />
<strong>The</strong> point of the plan is to<br />
address 11 “key strategic issues”<br />
relating to water.<br />
•Different perceptions of the<br />
value of the waters.<br />
•Poor state of some waterways.<br />
•Vulnerability of<br />
PIPELINE: <strong>The</strong> city council is developing an integrated<br />
strategy to help manage the city’s water, including<br />
flooding, for the next 100 years.<br />
Christchurch’s groundwater<br />
source to contamination.<br />
•Wastewater overflows and<br />
effects on surface water.<br />
•Treated wastewater discharges<br />
into Akaroa Harbour.<br />
•Stormwater discharges and<br />
the effects on surface water.<br />
•Flooding and flood management.<br />
•Responding/adapting to the<br />
anticipated effects of sea level rise<br />
on water resources and related<br />
infrastructure.<br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
•Long-term availability of<br />
water for water supply.<br />
•Long-term sustainable wastewater<br />
treatment and disposal.<br />
•Infrastructure efficiency and<br />
resilience.<br />
It includes short, medium<br />
and long-term goals such as<br />
achieving a high standard of<br />
surface and groundwater quality,<br />
increasing awareness within<br />
the community and adapting to<br />
climate change.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> review of the strategies<br />
began back in 2015 and external<br />
costs to date total $<strong>30</strong>2,350, for<br />
stakeholder workshops, development<br />
of a working draft strategy,<br />
and external stakeholder reviews,”<br />
Ms Beaumont said.<br />
Staff costs are in addition and<br />
come out of existing budgets for<br />
policy development.<br />
Aotearoa Water Action Group<br />
spokesman Peter Richardson<br />
said it was a great move by the<br />
city council.<br />
“I think it sounds absolutely<br />
fantastic. Our councillors have<br />
shown such leadership in the<br />
water space,” he said.<br />
City councillor Yani Johanson<br />
said it was an important process<br />
for the whole community to<br />
engage in.<br />
“Water is such a fundamental<br />
thing for our community and<br />
particularly with all that we’ve<br />
been through.”<br />
However, he was worried that<br />
the process was being rushed.<br />
“I think this is really an<br />
important document for us as<br />
a city, it’s really important we<br />
spend as much time as required<br />
to really embrace the ideas from<br />
across our city to make sure<br />
we get something people buy<br />
into.”<br />
Public consultation on the<br />
strategy is expected to take<br />
place next month after the draft<br />
is approved by a city council<br />
working group.<br />
NEWS 7<br />
Plan for city’s<br />
future set to<br />
be signed off<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
A REPORT on settlement<br />
patterns which will shape the<br />
region for the next 20 years could<br />
be approved tomorrow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> report, titled Our Space, is<br />
set to be endorsed by the Greater<br />
Christchurch Partnership – a<br />
group made up of mainly<br />
local councils, Environment<br />
Canterbury and Ngai Tahu – at its<br />
meeting tomorrow.<br />
It looks at how expected<br />
settlement patterns will unfold<br />
in the greater Christchurch area,<br />
and what space and infrastructure<br />
will be needed for the growing<br />
population and businesses by<br />
2048.<br />
It said there would be enough<br />
space for housing in the next 10<br />
years. However, the area may need<br />
another 12,750 homes within <strong>30</strong><br />
years. It also said an ageing population<br />
and more people living<br />
alone meant a higher number<br />
of single-person dwellings<br />
would be needed.<br />
Sixty-five per cent of the growth<br />
should be in Christchurch, 20 per<br />
cent in Selwyn and 15 per cent<br />
in Waimakariri, the draft report<br />
said. In <strong>30</strong> years, the population<br />
of greater Christchurch is<br />
expected to be between 618,000<br />
and 742,000.<br />
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