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CHRISTCHURCH PUBLIC MEETING
RT HON WINSTON PETERS
1pm, Sunday 6th August
Chateau on the Park
189 Deans Ave
Water quality improvements
By JOHN COSGROVE
The firstconcretepour for the new
Hurunui1Rural Water Supply’s one
millionlitre reservoir,took place
earlierthis week.
HurunuiDistrict Councilproject
managerPaul Thorntonsays the new
reservoir,which is costing about $3.1
million, is part of the long awaited
upgradeofthe Hurunui1drinking
water supply scheme.
He sayswhen finished in 2024 it will
take care of all the boil water notices
residents received every time the
HurunuiRiver rises duringmajor
rainfall events.
‘‘They have been planning for this
improvement for many years now, and it
will be good when it’s up and running.’’
The scheme intake is from agallery
on the Hurunui River,just downstream
from the SH1 bridge.
From there water is pumpedtoa
reservoir,and then through anetwork
of pumps and reservoirs it is
distributed around Motunau, Scargill
and Greta Valley.
‘‘Normally the Hurunui River has
very clearwater in it.
‘‘We draw fromitthrough agallery in
the river, and in the filtrationunit
onsite,it’s UV treatedand filtered.
Then it’s chlorinatedbefore
distributing it acrossone of the largest
areas of the Hurunui District.
Mr Thornton says when river levels
rose due to highrainfalls upstream, the
residents there havehad to copewith
boil waternotices becausethe system
wasn’t good at handling the increased
flows and dirty water.
‘‘When we finish here it will be one of
the most complex drinking water plants
we have had in the Hurunuiand it will
Taking shape ... Work on the new Hurunui District Council’s Hurunui 1Rural Water Supply
reservoir near Greta Valley is taking shape with the pour of the concrete base earlier this
week.
PHOTO: HURUNUI DISTRICT COUNCIL
meetall new drinkingwater
standards.’’
Council anticipates spending $15M –
$20Mfor water supply treatment
upgrades in the District to meet full
drinking waterstandards compliance
overthe nextdecade.
Thisisasignificantcost for council
and required along termfinancial
strategy thatwas previously adopted in
2015.
It was budgeted for in the council's
LongTerm Plan.
Monday’sconcrete pourinvolved
approximately 51 cubicmeters of
concrete deliveredand pumped into
place.
The circular pan willbelevelledand
power floated to complete the job.
Typically,one cubicmetre of
concrete weighs 2.5 tonne, meaningthis
pour weighedinatapproximately 127
tonne.When complete,the reservoir
will takeonly aday to fill up, and hold
one million litres. One cubic litre of
water almost equals one kiloinweight,
the weight of wateris1,000,000 kilos or
1000 tonnes.
Art exhibition in Rga church hall
By SHELLEY TOPP
Rangiora's St John's Anglican Church
craft group is holdinganart exhibition
fundraiser to support the plight of
peopleinTanzania and Fiji.
The group held asuccessful ‘‘Art for
Ukraine’’ exhibition,and silentauction
fundraiser last year, and this year they
have joined forces with friends to
support ‘‘Africans withoutaccess to
food and cyclone­proofhousing for
Fiji’’.
One of the organisers, KathyBoyland,
says people wantingtosupport the
exhibition by donating theirwork can
drop it off at the smallbuilding on the
High Street side of the St Johns
Anglican Church.
The artwork willbeondisplay in the
three rooms in the church’s hall
complex.
There willnot be an officialopening
for the exhibition. However, the church
will be holding ahigh tea thisSaturday,
July 22, to welcome the public to the
exhibitionand it is hopedmost of the
adult contributions will be displayed by
then.
The organisers are alsohoping
children will donatework for the
exhibition, and their contributionswill
be accepted up until August 5with the
exhibitionclosing on August12.
‘‘The highlysuccessful Kaiapoi Art
Expo has just finished and young
people haveworked hard to exhibit in
this, Kathy says.
‘‘We have approachedschools and
homeschoolfamilies to ask whether
some of their children and young
people would donatetheir artwork for
sale at our exhibition.’’
Kathy says the organisers are hoping
the exhibitionwill provide visitors with
‘‘food for thought’’ about the plight of
others as they circulate around the art
works.
‘‘Climateissues and the Ukraine war
are creating aglobal food crisis hitting
the poorestthe worst,’’ she says.
‘‘Wehave aclose connectionwith an
areaofTanzania as one of our church
members lived there for many years
and is returning there withtwo others
in August.
‘‘When we heard thattheir last
growing season was devastated, first by
drought, then by floods, and that some
people had died of hunger we wanted to
do something to help,she says. ‘‘The
timing of the support is crucial as extra
foodisonly available to buy duringJuly
and August so we planned the
exhibition to get the money to them
whenthey need it.’’
Authorised by H. Howard, 3/33 Pahiatua St, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North.