Category Archives: Sewage

Protecting Canterbury’s “lifeline” infrastructure from the worst

EQC have released a report The Value of Lifeline Seismic Risk Mitigation in Christchurch. It is available in two versions: a Summary Report and a Full Report. They can be downloaded from here. Commissioned by EQC, the report identifies significant … Continue reading

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Major road works on Woodham Road

Major infrastructure work (sewer renewal) along Woodham Road will begin on Monday morning (14th) and is expected to finish within 4 months. The map below shows the extent of the work that will be done. The first phase starts at … Continue reading

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Ecological effects of sewage and silt in Christchurch’s streams and rivers

Environment Canterbury has carried out a number of surveys and studies into the effects on streams and waterways of wastewater inflows and silt deposits, and have released reports on their findings. ECan’s media release on the effects of untreated sewage … Continue reading

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Earthquake Royal Commission – submissions added to the on-line document library

The Earthquake Royal Commission has been adding a number of institutional and personal submissions to its on-line document library in recent days. Today submissions primarily cover aspects of seismicity and soils, with some on engineering. Two historical documents were also … Continue reading

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Retreat Road sewer repairs

All going well, repairs will start on the sewer line down Retreat Road in the morning (Tuesday).

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Earthquake Ideas from Avonside Drive

David Hayward, a resident of Avonside Drive, is an engineer, science writer, and one of the science correspondents for Radio New Zealand (Nine to Noon). David has done three pieces relevant to our world: suitable house foundations for properties adjacent … Continue reading

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Avonside Community Group Newsletter 9 June 2011

Leanne Curtis has done another of her well received Avonside Community Group newsletters (each one always reaches the top seven most popular recent posts on the blog). This one was too complicated for the blog, so the attachments had been … Continue reading

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Avonside Community Group Newsletter 31 May 2011

Another great newsletter from Leanne Curtis. The newsletter contains a large amount of information so click on the link part way down to continue reading it. Hi people We, like many others, are trying to decide whether or not we … Continue reading

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Important information for people returning to Christchurch

CERA have updated a document called Important Information for People Returning to Christchurch. It is a four page brochure with information likely to be useful for anyone returning after a few weeks or months away. It is a PDF file … Continue reading

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CCC – Infrastructure rebuild

The following is an extract from the mayor’s earthquake update released on Friday. It covers, in full, what has been done, and what is intended to be done shortly. Like us, the council is awaiting the third Tonkin & Taylor geotechnical report to … Continue reading

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