A taxpayer-funded, multi-million dollar project to assess groundwater stocks throughout Wairarapa is set to take flight in 2021.
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Local and regional councils have devoted about $2.5 million into a scheme to use aerial electromagnetic [AEM] technology to find and measure hidden water aquifers in the Ruamahanga valley.
It is hoped that accessing these subterranean reserves may ease the strain on the valley s water supplies.
The work will piggyback off this year s scans in Hawke s Bay.
The Bay s regional council completed its scanning in February, but the results are yet to be published.
Hawke s Bay Regional Council chairperson Rex Graham said: Water security is critical to the social, economic and environmental future of the region. Securing and managing our water starts with better understanding of what we have, how we use it and what future demand looks like .
News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
With the onset of warmer weather the risk of toxic algae throughout the greater Wellington region is rising, with some rivers now over the limit for safe swimming.
People are strongly advised not to swim in the Waipoua River from Paierau Road to the Ruamahanga confluence (this includes the Masterton City area), and the Pakuratahi River at the Kaitoke camp ground in the Kaitoke Regional Park.
Children should be kept away from water in these sites and dogs should be kept on a lead.
“All other rivers are currently below warning levels at our monitored sites but this could change rapidly especially during warm weather, so we are urging people to be careful near all waterways throughout the region,” says Dr Mark Heath, Senior Environmental Scientist at the regional council.
Press Release – Greater Wellington Regional Council With the onset of warmer weather the risk of toxic algae throughout the greater Wellington region is rising, with some rivers now over the limit for safe swimming. People are strongly advised not to swim in the Waipoua River from Paierau Road to …
With the onset of warmer weather the risk of toxic algae throughout the greater Wellington region is rising, with some rivers now over the limit for safe swimming.
People are strongly advised not to swim in the Waipoua River from Paierau Road to the Ruamahanga confluence (this includes the Masterton City area), and the Pakuratahi River at the Kaitoke camp ground in the Kaitoke Regional Park.
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