40 | The new Omaroro Reservoir in Wellington’s Prince of Wales Park. New future-proof Omaroro Reservoir INFRASTRUCTURE Wellington Water / HEB Construction: Omaroro Water Reservoir T T Hugh de Lacy LOW CARBON CONCRETE Same Strength Same Performance Lower Carbon Footprint firth.co.nz o ce@workzone.co.nz 04 566 3120 www.workzone.co.nz WorkZone Sca olds provide a full range of mobile and fixed sca olding and access equipment for commercial, civil engineering and residential projects across the Wellington Region. Proudly involved with HEB Construction and the Omaroro Water Reservoir project. Doubling the length of time that Wellington’s water supplies could hold out in the event of a major plant outage, or damage to the main supply line from the Hutt Valley, is one of the main benefits of the new Omaroro Reservoir in Wellington’s Prince of Wales Park, within the Town Belt. Omaroro Reservoir, which went into service in December last year, is a 35 million litre bulk water storage facility, and Wellington City Council Mayor Tory Whanau says, “It will provide a significant increase in water storage for Wellington City, and in the event that pipes are disrupted, the reservoir will ensure 48 hours’ supply of water. “The reservoir will play a key role in increasing the city’s resilience.” Wellington Water’s Chief Advisor for Drinking Water, Laurence Edwards adds, “The reservoir will also be vitally important following a major emergency event, such as a large earthquake, as it will provide critical drinking water to support the community through the immediate survival and stability phase, and then to a longer-term restoration and recovery period.” The head contractor for the $70 million Omaroro project was HEB Construction, and it appointed Holmes to design the reservoir itself, and Beca to design the rest of the works. A key aspect was constructing the Wallace Street pipeline corridor, connecting the reservoir to the existing water supply network. The central city is already served by three other reservoirs but they have enough capacity for only a day, and in the event of a major quake some suburbs could be cut off from drinking water for more than a hundred days. Over the last two years Wellington Water has established a new above-ground emergency water network to supply more than 400,000 people across Wellington from day eight of a major quake. “The first seven days is spent establishing the emergency water supply, which is why that households need to be prepared by having their own personal supply of water. “Storing water is a must to prepare for any emergency event, and households should have enough water stored to provide 20 litres for every person, every day for the first seven days,” Laurence says. Wellington’s water comes from the Hutt River – Te Awakairangi – plus eight wells from the Waiwhetu aquifer than runs beneath Lower Hutt, and from the Wainuiomata water treatment plant that takes water from the Wainuiomata and Orongorongo Rivers. Once completed the Omaroro reservoir will be fully buried. Backfilling, using excavated material from the site, started in early March, and the whole project will have taken three years by the time it is completed later this year. New playing fields and native planting will comprise the final phase of the works, followed by a five-year project under which the landscape will be monitored and managed. The project has been led by Wellington Water, which manages the city’s drinking, storm and waste water on behalf of its council owners, with the Welington City and the Greater Wellington Regional Council key stakeholders.. 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