| 35 Hastings District Council: Drainways - Frimley Park Frimley Park is a premier park replete with trees well over 100 years old and has provided the perfect location, providing a natural camouflage and making the water treatment plant infrastructure less conspicuous. Contractor involvement - page 36 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT mist curtains and sound will show the journey of water to the ocean. “It’s about encouraging people to think about where our water initially comes from, what happens to it on its journey, who takes it and accesses it. It’s a start to finish concept of water.” Graeme says the aim is to also challenge attitudes: “We talk about three waters - stormwater, drinking water, wastewater – but it’s all the same water. It’s about challenging some of the norms and reframing thinking. It’s about encouraging a new respect for water. Ten years ago we thought we had an inexhaustible water resource. Now we know its limited both in terms of quality and quantity.” He also hopes the Waiaroha project will encourage the next generation into the industry resulting in new, better and different ways of managing the precious resource. The Waiaroha project is due to open 14 July – Matariki – 2023. “In Hawkes Bay our economy is based around growing things, we use a lot of water. It’s important we look after it. Local schools for example are already looking for a curriculum on water because of its significance and importance. So the need for an educational centre is already there.” Fast Facts Safe drinking water and supply resilience are the primary drivers of the two projects. Hastings water is supplied from the giant Heretaunga Plains Aquifer accessed from bores, most under artesian pressure. Until 2016, the water was taken from the ground, put into the network and consumed without any treatment. The catalyst for the major upgrade was Havelock North’s 2016 water contamination event that resulted in wide spread sickness through campylobacter, and contributed to the deaths of four people. The new plants form part of the Hastings District Council’s multi-barrier approach to drinking water safety, which included treatment of the source water through UV treatment, chlorination disinfection and fluoridation. The programme also includes treatment plant upgrades for eight small community water supplies, and a large five-kilometre pipeline from Hastings to Havelock North supplying a new booster pump station. Phone 06 879 9423 www.drainways.co.nz Water Our most precious natural resource. – Drainways is a leader in the design and construction of drinking water, stormwater and wastewater systems for local councils and land developments. Proud to be the main contractor for the Frimley and Eastbourne Water Treatment Plants
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