Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 11:31 am
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) will be drilling at up
to nine sites in South Dunedin and coastal parts of the
central city, following up on 27 monitoring bores installed
in 2019.
ORC will be installing groundwater monitoring
equipment and extracting geological cores samples to gather
new insights into what lies beneath residential South
Dunedin and reclaimed coastal parts of the city.
The
nine new monitoring bores will bring the total number of
bores in ORC’s Dunedin well network to 36 sites, up from
four in 2018.
Natural Hazards Analyst Sharon Hornblow
said the existing bores had provided useful data on the
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) received the report by GNS Science at a meeting of its Data and Information Committee today. The report identifies 26 active or potentially active faults through the Dunedin and Clutha districts and summarises their rupture .
Press Release – Otago Regional Council Sharon Hornblow, ORC duty flood officer. The severe weather warning for Otago has now been lifted, although some rainfall and isolated thunderstorms are still expected today. Some rivers in Otago will continue to rise today. Rivers remain high throughout …
Sharon Hornblow, ORC duty flood officer.
The severe weather warning for Otago has now been lifted, although some rainfall and isolated thunderstorms are still expected today. Some rivers in Otago will continue to rise today.
Rivers remain high throughout Otago and some are still rising. These are: Taieri River at Outram, Taieri River at Sutton, Manuherikia River at the campground and Clutha River at Balclutha. Rivers in North Otago are now receding and the headwaters have now peaked.
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