Thread: Clean up our Rivers

Originally Posted by kiwijames

WTF. Considering the water quality demands placed on the Ruataniwha dam and HBRC I doubt this would meet this standard.
Where is your info from Dundee? If this is consented, why? Where is the entry point? Below Waipuk?

It's not a recent photo tuki has be brown last week or so


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Originally Posted by kiwijames

WTF. Considering the water quality demands placed on the Ruataniwha dam and HBRC I doubt this would meet this standard.
Where is your info from Dundee? If this is consented, why? Where is the entry point? Below Waipuk?

Kiwijames

The council have been discharging sewage into the Tuki for years.

The multi million dollar upgrade last year was supposed to fix this issue but it hasn't.

The Regional Council is now suing the district council because they are operating outside of their consent.

Instead of wasting time and money on infighting they should just get it fixed.

Here's the story that was in the HB Today a few weeks back

'Serious concerns' over wastewater - Hawkes Bay Today - Hawke's Bay Today News

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Kiwijames

The council have been discharging sewage into the Tuki for years.

The multi million dollar upgrade last year was supposed to fix this issue but it hasn't.

The Regional Council is now suing the district council because they are operating outside of their consent.

Instead of wasting time and money on infighting they should just get it fixed.

Here's the story that was in the HB Today a few weeks back

'Serious concerns' over wastewater - Hawkes Bay Today - Hawke's Bay Today News

Cheers
Pete

Goes to show then how competent they will be should a fucking white elephant, I mean enormous debt hole, I mean Ruataniwha dam go ahead. The Tuki has often been considered a convenient sewer this only confirms those bobbleheads contempt.
HBRC, CHBC and the rest of them need to be tipped off their trough and into the offal pit. I am sick to the eye teeth of local government. I will be voting for amalgamation only to reduce the numbers and remove a few leeches off the tit. As a NCC ratepayer I'm supposedly losing out by amalgamation? Bullshit.

I thought this was a new discharge over and above the current irregularities.

The photo is from last year but what does it matter. The council are still prepared to discharge raw sewage into the river. The council did have their consent withdrawn after to the 3mil upgrade of the oxidation ponds failed to improve the quality of the discharge into the Tukituki and they issued a warning not to swim in the river downstream of the treatment plant in Waipawa. This is also after the almost 1 mil they wasted on the tree planting for the other failed water treatment idea they had. But hey they are going to allow mountain biking on the land they purchased for that balls up. A fucking good use of my rates rise.
Phew! i feel a little better for that.

Thanks for the update Pome,I had no idea how old that pic was but like you say,it doesn't matter those buggers will do what they want.

Council are defending that pic that I shared. Apparently it was 12 months old and they are calling the discolouration 'tannins'

They are in the progress of installing filters to get the phosphorous levels to safe levels.

They also said on the news this morning 'Effluent is treated that flows into the Tukituk' from Waipawa and Waipukarau.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Council are defending that pic that I shared. Apparently it was 12 months old and they are calling the discolouration 'tannins'

They are in the progress of installing filters to get the phosphorous levels to safe levels.

They also said on the news this morning 'Effluent is treated that flows into the Tukituk' from Waipawa and Waipukarau.

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