Plan Highlights – Key Issues and Projects Plan Highlights – Key Issues and Projects This section will identify • budgeting money in 2020–21 to install small treatment devices at the point the key highlights of entry of each household in the Rural Awatere water supply scheme. contained in this Plan. As Council has focused on • Upgrading the current filtration system at Essons Valley. This upgrade providing core will include installation of taste and odour equipment. This upgrade will infrastructure a large part also mean the treatment plant is more resilient and able to supply water of this section focuses on for longer periods of the year. Water, Sewerage, Stormwater, Flood Water Metering protection, Roads and Water metering is planned for Havelock, Renwick and Picton to manage the Footpaths. These areas demand for water. Specific reasons for metering in these areas are outlined are in turn key below. contributors to the environment, economic Reducing water takes from Havelock’s existing water source willhelp to growth and the quality of • life enjoyed by address a salinity issue, and delay the need for accessing a new source Marlburians. Council has also agreed to significant investments in the Library, of water. Art Gallery, the environment and the economy. During summer the bores providing water to Renwick often suffer from low • water levels at the same time there is high demand. So that we can Water Supply continue to draw water from the wells we have to reduce the volume of Clean and Safe Drinking Water water taken. This leads to the necessity for either voluntary reductions or water restrictions. Water metering will improve equity in paying for the Meeting the NZ Drinking Water Standards has been a major challenge for costs of water and reduce demand which willhave a flow-on impact on Marlborough due to the number of water supplies serving relatively small the size and capital cost of the new water treatment plant. communities within the district. This poses considerable funding challenges. However, these have now been resolved and the required changes are • Picton is at the limit of the volumes of water that can be taken from the progressing. two existing water sources. Demand management, including water metering, is considered a better option than accessing a third source Major upgrades to the treatment plants serving Blenheim and Picton were (which would cost around $15 million). completed in 2012 and 2017. Progress in other areas includes: constructing a new treatment plant for Seddon (this began in early 2018 Renewal of Infrastructure • Infrastructure renewal is becoming necessary across all networks as pipelines and will be completed by the end of the year). near the end of their useful life, particularly for networks in Renwick and the designing upgrades for the Havelock, Renwick and Wairau Valley water Awatere. • treatment plants, as well as for a new plant for the Riverlands supply (hopefully this will also reduce the concentration of manganese). 2018-2028 Long Term Plan Page 7