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Harbour Tunnelling Gets Underway as part of Watercare's Transformational Southwest Wastewater Scheme

Next week Watercare will start tunnelling a new harbour outfall at Clarks Beach as part of the southwest wastewater servicing scheme.This will improve the quality of the Manukau Harbour with significant benefits for the community and environment.On Monday, May 12 a 1.2-metre-wide tunnel-boring machine (TBM) will get the ground moving on the $22 million Clarks Beach Outfall wastewater pipeline. Watercare programme delivery manager Dave Kennerley says the treated wastewater will be discharged...

Manukau Harbour Matters

Renewal of discharge consents for NZ Steel. Commenting closed in early August on NZ Steel’s resource consent application to continue to discharge to the harbour and the coastal marine area for the next 35 years material resulting from the manufacture of iron and steel products, and associated activities at its Glenbrook plant. The pile of documents submitted as part of the process is large!One interesting element of it is that NZ Steel have submitted that the encroachment of mangroves is imper...