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12 Selwyn Times Wednesday July 12 2023 CHRISTCHURCH 1-3 LOWTHER STREET, SOCKBURN ROUNDABOUT PH 03 341 2020 ASHBURTON 177 ARCHIBALD STREET, TINWALD PH 03 307 9028 www.morrisonmitsubishi.co.nz
Wednesday July 12 2023 Selwyn Times Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz NEWS 13 Residents disappointed by council’s non-attendance • By Daniel Alvey DARFIELD RESIDENTS are disappointed district council staff didn’t attend a meeting about chlorine. The newly formed Darfield Residents Association met on Thursday with questions about chlorine ready for a council representative, but those went unanswered. Chlorination of Darfield water is legally required until an exemption is granted by water services regulator Taumata Arowai. The district council is in the process of applying for an exemption. Chair Harvey Polglase said it was disappointing no one from the district council was there. “In setting up the residents association the council said we could call on council employees to update us on any issues,” Polglase said. “We’d initially had a promise that someone would attend, but they decided no one was available.” District council infrastructure and property group manager Murray Washington said the residents association was told UNHAPPY: Darfield residents’ questions about chlorine went unanswered at a public meeting last week. in June no one could attend and provided a statement. “Darfield’s water is supplied by two bores in the area. Bore one is 246.80m deep and bore two is 245m deep and chlorination of the supply averages 0.4-0.6 mg/l which is average for our supplies across Selwyn,” Washington said. Polglase said while the outline was helpful, it did not answer specific questions residents had. Malvern Ward district councillor Lydia Gliddon said she supports the residents application for exemption. “I tried to fight the chlorination back in December around stopping it until we could get some exemptions. Obviously, Taumata Arowai is setting the bar so high that you don’t even know where to go.” The district council is working with Rakaia Huts residents, which was initially rejected by Taumata Arowai in April. Gliddon said this will be a test case for the district council to see what is needed to get the exemptions. “Our first port of call is the Rakaia Huts exemption, which we still haven’t got and that is the benchmark to see how we can keep progressing with these exemptions, Taumata Arowai doesn’t even have a standard for this.” Malvern Ward district councillor Bob Mugford was unavailable for comment. Washington said there had been no standards specified by Taumata Arowai to achieve a disinfection exemption. Taumata Arowai was unable to respond before deadline. Library signage installed NEW SIGNAGE has been installed on Te Ara Ātea after months of debate over whether the word ‘library’ should be included in its name. The Rolleston Residents Association had asked the district council to add ‘library’ to the name of the building, which sparked a heated debate among the community. The district council said just putting library on the building would not be correct as the building serves multiple purposes. The new signage has all the main services on the building in both english and Māori and internationally recognised symbols. GO WEST NIK KERSHAW THE MOCKERS THE CHOIRBOYS AUTOMATIC 80’S 2 MARCH LINCOLN DOMAIN TICKETS ON SALE selwynsounds.co.nz Faces of Selwyn showcases the journeys that our residents take when they choose to settle in our region. Want to share your story? Apply now! PRINCIPAL PARTNER
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