Keeping up with water demand
We're doing a lot of work around the district at the moment. Here are a couple of water projects that are about to get underway.
Acacia Bay residents may have noticed work taking place around Acacia Heights Drive and the Cherry Lane water reservoir. It's all part of upgrading the water supply to the area.
Contractor Spartan Construction is currently carrying out work on behalf of council to install a new water pump station near the water reservoir of Cherry Lane. This will increase water supply capacity to the community, especially in summer when more visitors mean the demand for water is higher.
The current pump station on Mapara Road will be removed once the new water pump station next to the Cherry Lane reservoir has been constructed and pipe line is being laid along Acacia Heights Drive and through the walkway to Cherry Lane.Infrastructure manager Denis Lewis said the walkway will need to close early next week until October 17 to complete the required work.We hope this won't be an inconvenience for residents while we work to ensure we can complete this work as quickly as possible in time for the busy summer season.Work is expected to cost $672,000 and be finished in early 2017.We're also getting work underway to build two new water reservoirs in Motuoapa.
The two existing reservoirs that sit on the hill behind the settlement are becoming too small to supply the demand of water required as the township grows. Like Acacia Bay, demand in the summer months puts a lot of pressure on water supply, and the new reservoirs will be three times the size of the current ones to service Motuoapa's needs all year round.
"The tanks have come to the end of their lives so it makes sense to replace them with larger tanks to match the demand from population and visitor growth in the Motuoapa community," Denis said.
A new retaining wall is currently being built by our council team and work to design and build the new reservoirs will be completed by service engineers. The project is expected to cost $861,000 and work installing the tanks will begin later in the year and continue through the summer.
