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Update on Martinborough town water network flushing – Day 5

7.50 pm 10 May 2019 Today’s scouring and flushing has gone quite smoothly, however, turning tobies off and on has been very time-consuming resulting in delays at the end of…

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Update on Martinborough town water network flushing – Day Four

4.12pm, 9 May Water should be back on for most Blue Zone properties within the next 30 minutes; the tobies are being turned on now. The exception is Grey Street,…

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Update on Martinborough town water network flushing – Day Three

4:50pm, 8 May 2019 Flushing is running behind schedule today due to a combination of things. The amount of biofilm and sediment being flushed out is good to see as…

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Featherston Annual Plan Community Meeting – your questions answered

7 May 2019 Thank you to all those who attended the Featherston Community Meeting last week to discuss the Council’s proposals in this year’s Annual Plan. There was some great…

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Update on Martinborough water town network flushing – Day Two

12.49pm 7 May 2019 Yesterday’s scouring and flushing of the Green zone took longer than expected and caused some issues for households in the Purple Zone, firstly with low water…

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Update on Martinborough water town network flushing – Day One

4.45pm, 6 May 2019 As advertised, flushing of the town water network began this morning, in the Green Zone. The work is taking longer than expected as we experienced some issues with…

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Martinborough water outages 6 May–11 May – confirmed times

3 May 2019 – Important information for residents, business owners and visitors using town water supply As you may already be aware, Council needs to carry out scouring and flushing…

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Martinborough town water supply – more information about the isolated discolouration event overnight

12.20pm, 2 May 2019 The water supply network at the far end of Martinborough town near Princess Street has been flushed with clean water, following the discolouration event that happened overnight.…

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Martinborough town water supply – discolouration

8.30am 2 May 2019 Last night SWDC’s contractors CityCare responded to reports of discoloured water within the town supply, at the end of town near Princess Street.  We understand that…

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MARTINBOROUGH WATER PIPES FLUSHING NOTICE: 6 May to 11 May 2019

30 April 2019 Important information for residents, visitors and business owners in Martinborough In preparation for the temporary introduction of chlorine to Martinborough’s town water supply on 13 May 2019,…

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