I note with concern that tender documents are out and awaiting council decision. Will the decision be made before the new council takes office or will the new council have a say.
I fail to understand why a new plant cannot be built near Tauriko instead of the pipeline proposal.
It has been suggested that the argument against the plant is that some people do not want the treated product of the plant going into waterways. Not withstanding the fact that there is plenty of evidence that the runoff from modern plant is often cleaner than the water it runs into.
Should the pipe line proposal proceed I expect that there will be a need for several pumping stations. Each pumping station will have to have an emergency outflow This will be necessary in case there is a breakdown, a powercut, an earthquake etc In the event of a breakdown raw sewage flows out the emergency outlet to wherever. One pumping station may be required near Colonial Park. If so have the residents near by been advised where the emergency outflow will be?
It would seem that the safest and more economic policy with also a thought for future growth to build a plant rather than have the potential problems of the proposed pipe line.
There are thousands of hectares available near Tauriko where a modern plant could be situated with room for a green belt to enhance the site and act as a further natural filter to accommodate the worries of those concern about the treated product of a plant.
D S Grant, Mt Maunganui.