LTP consultation now closed
Consultation has now closed on Selwyn District Council’s Long-Term Plan (LTP) Consultation Document, Fast Forward ’28 – thank you to those who provided us with valuable feedback.
We received several hundred formal submissions and online comments on Council’s proposed key projects and activities which we’re planning over the next 10 years. All feedback on our proposals will be considered by the Council as part of its decision-making on the LTP.
Copies of the formal submissions can be viewed on the Council website from Friday 18 May.
What’s next?
Public hearings of submissions on the plan willContinue reading
LTP consultation now closed
Consultation has now closed on Selwyn District Council’s Long-Term Plan (LTP) Consultation Document, Fast Forward ’28 – thank you to those who provided us with valuable feedback.
We received several hundred formal submissions and online comments on Council’s proposed key projects and activities which we’re planning over the next 10 years. All feedback on our proposals will be considered by the Council as part of its decision-making on the LTP.
Copies of the formal submissions can be viewed on the Council website from Friday 18 May.
What’s next?
Public hearings of submissions on the plan will be held on 23-24 May, and the Council will hold its deliberations on 30-31 May. The Council expects to formally adopt the Plan in late June.
Keep an eye on the Council website for updates: http://www.selwyn.govt.nz/home.
What’s proposed?
The Council is seeking community feedback on whether to introduce chlorination to some community water supplies.
Selwyn District Council is committed to providing our communities with safe drinking water. Across our 30 water supplies we currently use a variety of water treatment methods including secure ground water (to meet current New Zealand Drinking Water Standards), Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, selective abstraction and filtration, and chlorination.
Following the Government’s inquiry into the Havelock North drinking water contamination incident, councils have been urged to ensure the protection of drinking-water sources and effective treatment of supplies for the protection of public health. In response, the Council has accelerated the programme to install UV treatment on secure bores.
Consideration is also being given to chlorination, to provide additional protection. Chlorine provides residual treatment in the water reticulation system which UV does not provide, minimising the impact of any contamination which may enter the distribution system. It is widely used in New Zealand drinking water supplies and is currently used on five supplies in Selwyn, and we are adding chlorination to two further schemes.
The Government’s position on the chlorination of water supplies is not yet known – and chlorination may become mandatory. If it is not made mandatory, a range of options are available to the Council.
The Council is now seeking comment from the community on options for introducing chlorination to community water supplies.
What are the options?
Introduce chlorination for water supplies which would receive the greatest benefit, based on a risk assessment
Introduce chlorination for all Council water supplies
No additional chlorination
How will this be funded?
The cost of water treatment is funded by the district-wide rate paid by all properties on a Council supply. The proposal to introduce limited chlorination, as in option 1, will increase the rate by $10.
