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| Thread ID: 149051 | 2020-06-04 07:51:00 | Filthy Water | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
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| 1469303 | 2020-06-06 09:48:00 | Have to speak up as a Napier resident of nearly 60 years . I actually rang the council and told them that the water tastes terrible, taints the food when cooking, leaves a residue in the shower, changes our nice white sheets to a pale brown occasionally . Really terrible state of affairs . As it tasted better before they added chlorine to it so saying there was a faecal count that was to high, I suggested they add a small amount of shite so as to return it to the previous state . . Our new Mayor was going to sort it out . She was e!ected on that promise . Still waiting . ! Another anti-chlorine nutter . Sunlight kills chlorine you know . Fill a bottle, stick it in your fridge for an hour ro so . . . . end of issue . I prefer chlorine to illness . The mayor hasn't got control you know: . beehive . govt . nz/release/dedicated-watchdog-water-quality" target="_blank">www . beehive . govt . nz She looked at some filtration system, decided it was too expensive, and are now digging some new bore in Meeanee . . . . whether that helps remains to be seen, the idea being it won't have manganese in it . . . highly unlikely . And clean and safe means chlorine . I rang them ages ago too, and was told in confidence it's unlikely to ever be removed because all the other methods of sterilisation are too complex and expensive . Ditto Ch/ch . . . And so it should be too, 3rd world bullshit for far too long in NZ . Back in the day, it might have been clean enough, but not anymore . |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1469304 | 2020-06-06 10:18:00 | Best water I ever tasted was in Timor at Suai, the army got it from a deep well in an unpopulated area and trucked it out to our camp. We couldn't drink beer because unfortunaly in charge of our area was a Filipino General who made the area dry. So water it was. Except for new years eve 2000 we snuck in mega piss from Darwin and had a good night. I think because I cant remember little as I got pissed as a maggot. Then back onto the pristine bore water. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1469305 | 2020-06-08 06:33:00 | Council says: Auckland gets its water from various sources (surface catchments / dams, Waikato river and Onehunga aquifer) . Napier only uses groundwater as sole source of water . Heretaunga aquifer water quality is very good with very low turbidity (meaning cloudiness of water) . The discoloured water issues in Napier arise within the reticulation pipes (>480 km), however there is a complex connection between manganese and iron levels coming from groundwater, biofilm, chlorine and dirty water issues . Council main focus is to upgrade the water infrastructure and improve water quality, hence substantial funds have been allocated in the Long Term Plan towards that goal . Chlorine Free Review has been awarded to consultants Pattle Delamore Partners end May 2020 . The aim of this in-depth review and assessment of Napier water supply is to obtain professional, peer-reviewed report on two possible future roadmaps: 1) Status Quo Plus and 2) Chlorine Free supply . Both options will identify minimum required updates to the supply to deliver safe water They will also provide cost estimates for both options . This will be the basis for public consultation (spring 2020) to determine which of the outlined options Napier should pursue . In any case, the upgrades will take substantial funds and years time . Council has already started on a new exploratory bore has been drilled in Meeanee . If there was a simple solution to Napier dirty water incidents, we would have fixed it already . However, I believe your pragmatic decision to install sediment filtration is what I would personally do as well . WATER QUALITY LEAD Napier City Council, |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1469306 | 2020-06-08 22:52:00 | Don’t know what the problem is. :) Nearly every town in NZ is reticulated with AC (Asbestos Cement - Fibrolite) water mains, and if you ever look at a broken pipe, and how thin it is, you can say “I helped do that and filtered out the Asbestos”. And, they’re paranoid about the amount of Asbestos in Old Lino which is just another issue. :eek: |
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