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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 Two historical documents were also … Continue reading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
Posted in CanCERN, CERA, Community Groups, Grants and Assistance, Insurance, Insurance Pitfalls, Local news, Sewage, Water
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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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