Upgrade to Blenheim Sewage Treatment Plant
Blenheim's Sewage Treatment Plant (BSTP) presently serves Blenheim, Marlborough Ridge, Renwick, Riverlands and Cloudy Bay Business Park. The resource consent authorising discharges of treated wastewater from BSTP to the Opawa River expires in February 2008.
In preparing an application to renew its consent Council commissioned consultants to investigate and report on the issues facing the BSTP and the options open for change.
CH2MBeca, Cawthron Institute and Pattle Delamore Partners have reported on upgrade possibilities for the treatment system, the effects of discharges to water and the possibilities for land treatment of wastewater.
These studies and reports are a feature of the re-application for resource consent. This application has now been lodged with Council.
A key part of any application for Resource Consent is an Assessment of Effects on the Environment (AEE). Three documents summarising and detailing an assessment of the environmental effects resulting from the proposed upgrading of Blenheim's Sewage Treatment Plant have been produced in support of Council's application.
These are:
A condensed and summarised version of the more detailed accounts in Volumes 1 and 2
Volume 1: Report
Volume 2: Appendices to the Report - including detailed technical reports
The Summary Report and Volume 1 are available on Council's Website.
Volume 2, The Appendices, has not been put on the website due to the large size of the file (57 Mb).
All three documents are available for reading at the front counter of Council's office, Seymour Square, Blenheim, Council's office, Broadway, Picton and the library, Charles St, Blenheim.
The following are the links to the Summary Report and to Volume 1.
Volume 1 - Report (1.9 Mb)
Volume 2 the appendices, and
Summary Report (9.4 Mb)
The Marlborough District Council operates five sewerage systems, servicing Blenheim, Picton, Seddon, Spring Creek and Havelock.
These systems consist of approximately 170km of mains pipeline, 47 pump stations, 5 treatment plants and approximately 12,000 connections.
Council's Assets and Services Department supervises the operation of all sewerage systems, and has operational staff to maintain the Blenheim, Spring Creek and Havelock systems. Local contractors are engaged under competitive tender to maintain the other two systems as, being locally situated, they are able to respond to problems more quickly and economically. The design and construction of major developments is let out to competitive tender.
Fees & Charges
Fees and charges information can be found in the FEES section.
Forms
Various forms are available under the FORMS section.
Havelock Oxidation Ponds Upgrading Proposals (376K)
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