Te Awamutu Courier Drilling for a New Bore Is Well Will Be Pumped Today and Continue Colouring Competition (Pages Underway on Taylor’S Hill As Wai- for Three Days
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Te Awamutu CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c Set for work? Drilling underway If you are considering returning to the workforce and need some tips, the Altrusa seminar on February 11 is for you. The event helps with how to . indications are look for jobs, the job selection there is a substantial process, interviews and ‘ assessments. There’s even a aquifer from 74 to 114 chance to win a financial grant. metres deep. The seminar runs from 7pm- BRENT ORMSBY 9pm in the Qubik boardroom (2 ’ Livingstone Lane). Registrations close February 9 - email: [email protected] or phone 871 5513, 0276925424. Entry is by way of gold coin donation. Sutton leads Te Awamutu Cycling Club’s Frank Sutton takes a two-point lead into Sunday’s fourth round of the Dynamo Events Team Championship. Sutton is bound to come under pressure from second TC040216DT01 placed Michael Torckler of ON SITE supervisor Brent Blindz Direct. Ormsby (left) and drillers Expect fireworks in the Darrell Jones (centre) and Craig women’s race too, with Cycling McIntyre line up the 200mm NZ’s Jaime Neilsen rested from casing, before welding (below), this round. at the Taylor’s Hill test site. The Arohena loop, starting and finishing at Leamington School, sends riders on an undulating course past Lake Karapiro towards Lake Arapuni Search for extra water and back. For more see: Dynamoevents.co.nz supply for Te Awamutu Colour-in... BY DEAN TAYLOR lar intervals the hole is flushed. and win! All going well the ground water The Te Awamutu Courier Drilling for a new bore is well will be pumped today and continue colouring competition (pages underway on Taylor’s Hill as Wai- for three days. Monitoring data pa District Council continues the will be analysed to establish the 12-13) kicks off today and search for a new water supply for amount of water available, as well offers fun for all the family. Te Awamutu. as its quality. Two sections are open Barham United Welldrillers The pumped water will be (adults, children) with prizes of has sunk a 50mm monitor hole and discharged onto the neighbouring Fuji instax mini cameras up for yesterday were completing the paddock and some of this may grabs. 150mm test hole nearby. trickle down Greenhill Drive dur- Entries close March 3 and On site supervisor Brent ing this time. the entire double page must be Ormsby says indications are there The public should not be con- returned to enter (extra copies is a substantial aquifer from 74 to cerned. On-site contractors will be of the page available from our 114 metres deep. monitoring this where possible office). They drilled a 200mm hole to over the next few days. All completed entries go on 114m before sinking a 150mm If the bore proves successful, a display at Te Awamutu casing. new hole will be drilled to establish Museum from March 14. The lengths of casing are a production well similar to the rammed into the hole and welded project on Frontier Road (see Page together as they progress. At regu- 2). PRATTS KNOWS PUMPS SALES, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR Get your farm’s accounts • Wash Down Pumps • Submersibles • Farm Water Supply sorted with Figured. • Household Pumps • Water Transfer • Water Lifting Ask us about our complimentary trial. • Water Meters MASTER DEALER Diagnostics, Assessments & Repairs The business of farming has changed significantly in the last 20 years but new financial tools for TE AWAMUTU | CAMBRIDGE | OTOROHANGA | TE KUITI farmers have been slower to adapt. At Crowe Horwath we’re working to change that. We are committed to offering New Zealand farmers financial management tools that help them develop profitable farming operations, which is why we are giving our clients an opportunity to try farm financial management software, Figured, at no charge* for one year. Tel 871 3176 Audit | Tax | Advisory www.crowehorwath.co.nz/te-awamutu 100 ROCHE ST, TE AWAMUTU | 6 MAIN NORTH RD, OTOROHANGA *conditions apply 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, February 4, 2016 CourierTe Awamutu Frontier Rd bore readied Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Your community newspaper for over 100 years. Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu for TA water production and surrounding districts. CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) The bore on Taylor’s “The Frontier Road We welcome letters - preferably via email. They Hill is in addition to the bore is providing a con- should be under 300 words and must have the Frontier Road bore sunk sistent amount of high sender’s name, address and phone number. No in December. quality water, however we pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be Test results last month need around another 1.8 withheld in special circumstances at the discretion confirmed this bore can million litres of water per of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged provide 1.2 million litres day to comfortably pro- and may be edited, abridged or discarded. of water per day. vide enough water for Te MANAGER A production bore was Awamutu.” Alan Price sunk and the well is now “A reliable water [email protected] being developed prior to supply is particularly going into production in important over these sum- EDITORIAL about a month. mer months where hot, Dean Taylor (editor) Site supervisor Bryan dry weather conditions [email protected] Kane says a 300mm pro- see a huge increase in Cathy Asplin (journalist) duction hole was drilled to water use. [email protected] 102 metres and then a “Last week alone Te Colin Thorsen (journalist) 200mm stainless steel Awamutu used 92 million [email protected] wellscreen assembly was litres of water and, for the dropped. A 300mm stain- district as a whole, we saw ADVERTISING Dorinda Williams less steel conductor casing consumption rise to 226 [email protected] sits 12 metres deep from million litres.” ground level to prevent Test results of the Tay- Ange Holt contaminants entering the lor’s Hill bore are [email protected] well. expected to be available Bookings The entire hole was later this month. [email protected] then backfilled with pea CLASSIFIEDS metal and flushed to clean ■ The whole of Waipa Rhonda Oosterman, any contaminants. District, Hamilton City and Tania Cortesi-Western, Two other test bores Waikato District are Julie Montague were also sunk at Te Tahi currently at water alert level [email protected] and Pirongia in recent 2 which means sprinklers months, however these and watering systems can DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 could not supply enough only be used on alternate POSTAL ADDRESS water and have been days between 6-8am and 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 discounted. 6-8pm. Hand-held hosing at OFFICE HOURS Group manager service any time. Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm delivery Barry Bergin PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 said while the success of TC040216DT03 the Frontier Road bore has DRILLING supervisor been great to see, investi- Bryan Kane works up the ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) gation into other bores is well at Frontier Road as it *Circulation Source: Audited Bureau of Circulation, 1 YE Dec 2012 vital. is prepared for production. 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