Drainage expenditure approved

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 600, 22 August 1995, Page 9

Drainage expenditure approved

At this months meeting Ruapehu District Councillors approved expenditure for drainage and water supply works to be undertaken during the 1995/96 year. These include the following projects: Whakapapa/lwikau: $250,000 This finance is to carry out sewerage upgrading at both Iwikau (at the Top O' the Bruce) and at Whakapapa Village to avoid sewage overflows on the mountain. Part of these funds will be used to obtain the necessary resource consents. Raetihi: $119,000 This finance is required to carry out the first stage of sewer and stormwater reticulation upgrading to avoid overflows into the Raetihi Stream and Makatutu River. Ohakune: $445,000 and $76,000 The sum of $445,000 is required to carry out the following sewerage upgrading: reticulation upgrading ($ 1 50,000) and to upgrade the oxidation pond including the installation of wetlands ($295,000). The sum of $76,000 is made up of $24,000 for upgrading the water supply system (including the installation of an automatic coagulant dosing system in the Ohakune water treatment plant) and $52,000 to carry out an investigation into the upgrading of the reticulation system as well as to carry out water-mains replacement.