Selwyn Times: September 18, 2019
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
UV treatment for<br />
some of the district’s water<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
TREATMENT plants are being<br />
installed in the district that will<br />
steralise water using ultra violet<br />
light.<br />
Lincoln,<br />
Prebbleton,<br />
Rolleston<br />
and Leeston<br />
are set to get<br />
the plants<br />
later this year<br />
or next.<br />
Jenny<br />
Webster-<br />
Brown<br />
Rolleston<br />
already has<br />
one plant<br />
operating<br />
using UV<br />
technology and another is<br />
planned.<br />
District council water services<br />
team leader Cinnil Thomas said<br />
the upgrades will help to meet<br />
or exceed new guidelines.<br />
“New Water Safety Plan<br />
guidelines that came into effect<br />
in May encourage a multi-barrier<br />
approach for water treatment.<br />
These projects and others are<br />
being delivered in accordance<br />
with these requirements,” she<br />
said.<br />
“UV treatment is an effective<br />
method used for water treatment<br />
using ultraviolet light<br />
for disinfecting bacteria. It is a<br />
standard method that is widely<br />
used around the world. The UV<br />
rays attack the genetic code of<br />
harmful pathogens rendering<br />
them unable to reproduce.”<br />
The budgeted costs for the<br />
plant on Vernon Drive and UV<br />
treatment for the Lincoln supply<br />
is $373,000 and is expected<br />
to be completed in June next<br />
year.<br />
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DISINFECT:<br />
UV<br />
treatment<br />
plants like<br />
this one<br />
already<br />
operating<br />
in Rolleston<br />
will be<br />
installed in<br />
Leeston,<br />
Lincoln and<br />
Prebbleton<br />
to meet<br />
new water<br />
quality<br />
guidelines.<br />
The same cost has been<br />
allocated for the Prebbleton<br />
township supply, the plant will<br />
be built on Shands Rd and will<br />
be completed in October next<br />
year.<br />
The Leeston water treatment<br />
plant on Leeston Dunsandel<br />
Rd is expected to be finished in<br />
January and will cost $375,000.<br />
The cost for UV treatment for<br />
the Rolleston town water supply<br />
is part of the total budget for the<br />
work planned at Helpet Park.<br />
As well as improve water<br />
quality, the plants will also<br />
provide additional storage as<br />
population numbers in the<br />
district continue to rise.<br />
The work is a part of a $6<br />
million dollar plan to upgrade<br />
water supply treatment plants<br />
across the district to meet or exceed<br />
drinking water standards<br />
between 20<strong>18</strong>-2021.<br />
Environment Canterbury<br />
chief scientist Tim Davie said<br />
the advantages are that it<br />
doesn’t leave a taste in the water<br />
and is relatively inexpensive.<br />
“A disadvantage, compared<br />
with chlorination, is that it only<br />
treats in one place so if there are<br />
further risks as the water goes<br />
through the network then it<br />
isn’t covered,” he said.<br />
Waterways Centre for Freshwater<br />
Management director<br />
Jenny Webster-Brown said the<br />
key to beneficial UV treatment<br />
is a good reticulation system.<br />
“If you have a good<br />
reticulation system that is<br />
secure then UV is fine but if<br />
you haven’t it can be quite risky<br />
and leave water sources without<br />
protection,” she said.<br />
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In Brief<br />
LINCOLN UNI FIRE<br />
Part of Lincoln University was<br />
evacuated following an electrical<br />
fire on Thursday. Five crews<br />
responded to a call-out at the<br />
George Forbes Memorial Building<br />
just before 2pm.<br />
AGREEMENT ENDORSED<br />
The district council has endorsed<br />
the revised Te Waihora Cogovernance<br />
Agreement. <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong> reported last month Mayor<br />
Sam Broughton was blasted for<br />
not consulting district councillors<br />
before signing the agreement over<br />
the management of Lake Ellesmere.<br />
District councillors voted to let the<br />
agreement lie on the table until last<br />
week’s council meeting to give staff<br />
time to address their concerns. At<br />
the meeting, district councillors<br />
endorsed the agreement.<br />
MEET THE CANDIDATES<br />
Meet the Environment Canterbury,<br />
mayoral and <strong>Selwyn</strong> Central district<br />
council candidates on Monday at<br />
7pm at the Rolleston Community<br />
Centre. The event will be hosted by<br />
the Rolleston Residents Association.<br />
The Leeston Community<br />
Committee will also hold an event<br />
to meet the Ellesmere Ward district<br />
council candidates at the Leeston<br />
Community Room today at 7pm.<br />
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