Unknown amount of wastewater spills into Tauranga harbour, people warned to stay away
21 Apr, 2021 04:41 AM
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People are warned to avoid Tauranga s tidal steps after a wastewater overflow. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
The council is warning people to stay away from the tidal steps on Tauranga s waterfront after an unknown amount of wastewater overflowed from a pipe undergoing maintenance across the harbour.
This afternoon, Tauranga City Council issued a statement saying there had been a wastewater overflow at the end of the Matapihi Peninsula.
Council director of city waters Stephen Burton told the Bay of Plenty Times the wastewater spilled on to Matapihi Rd and the Matapihi Rd carpark where it ran into a storm drain, vegetation, the beach and into the harbour.
Dry spell: Region scrambles to adapt to fourth drought-like season in a row
26 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Primary industry workers and councils are scrambling to adapt as the region braces for its fourth dry season in a row. Some farmers are trucking in water to keep crops growing, while an orchardist says he had to turn on irrigation systems as early as September as his kiwifruit vines were showing signs of the impact of seasonal drought conditions.
Pāpāmoa orchardist Rob Thode said dry conditions were becoming the norm. Photo / George Novak
And a meteorologist warns that weather events like this will only become more common and more extreme in coming decades.