Water is now running from the new Greenfield Water Treatment Plant to the Cairn Road reservoir for the Balmoral-Tuapeka Rural Water Scheme.
The water treatment plant was recently switched on with the help of Clutha District Council Clinton-Clydevale Councillor Simon McAtamney and Mayor Jock Martin.
The new plant is currently pumping water to lower and upper Greenfield pump stations and is supplying those that were on the Balmoral 1, Tuapeka East and West rural water schemes.
Even though there is new water to some of the schemes, Council advises that long term boil water notices remain in place for Waitahuna township and the Balmoral 1 and 2, Tuapeka East and West schemes until Council is assured through test results that the water meets the drinking water standards.
The next phase is to connect Balmoral 2 customers to the new scheme and turn the Waitahuna water treatment plant off. This is hoped to be achieved by the end of 2025.
To achieve full compliance the new scheme needs to be fully operational and more flushing is required to remove the old water sitting in consumers’ tanks.
The final stages will see the connection of Lawrence to the new water supply, once Council is assured that the water is fully compliant with drinking water standards.
Council is aware that there are some customers not connected and is working on a solution.
Council’s Operations team has been out bleeding and testing tanks around the scheme in support of the commissioning.
This project secures the future water supply for a significant portion of the Clutha District.
The commissioning of the scheme has been actioned in a staged approach, which includes the Greenfield Borefield and the water treatment plant.
The new scheme will lead to the decommissioning of three water treatment plants, Evans Flat, Lawrence and also the Waitahuna water treatment plant where some E.coli results have been recorded.
