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Smoke coming from the tyres before the site was smothered last weekend.
Photo: Supplied / Environment Canterbury
The pile of around 160,000 tyres was set alight, sending thick black smoke across the North Canterbury town.
It s the second time a pile of tyres on the Racecourse Road property has been set alight.
Authorities involved in the fire response held a community meeting last night to update residents on progress.
ECan spokesman Andrew Arps told the crowd of about 60 people the landowner was involved in the process of dealing with the pile. The site was smothered last weekend so there s no more smoke coming from the pile but it s still very hot if you get close to it so that will take a while to cool down.
Opinion – Dr Peter Trolove In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies …
In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N
In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council, (Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through managing land use.
In
New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in
drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are
considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months
old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council,
(Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s
freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through
managing land use.
Ecan has delegated this
responsibility to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy,
(CWMS), with its 10 Water Zone Committees created primarily
to oversee freshwater management for the purpose of
increasing the scale and efficiency of irrigation in the
region.
Over a Million Cows
Massive irrigation
development in Canterbury has seen dairy cow numbers rise
The blaze while it was engulfing the pile of tyres last week.
Photo: Supplied / Hurunui District Council
Smoke has been coming from the 160,000 tyres dumped near Amberley since they were allegedly set alight almost a week ago.
Canterbury Regional Council spokesperson Andrew Arps said it was hoped the pile would have cooled down enough by Thursday afternoon to allow diggers to pour soil on top of it and smother the fire. We certainly feel for the community. It was an horrendous event. That smoke, although it has diminished, the reality is it is still there. We ve probably been pretty lucky that predominantly it s actually been blowing away from most of the population, the likes of Amberley and things.