Sewerage Schemes for Lakeside Communities

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What we’re doing SAVING OUR LAKES Sewerage Schemes for Lakeside Communities Septic tanks do not treat nutrients and bacteria in sewage Up to 90% of nitrogen from septic tanks enters the environment, 95% of phosphorus enters the environment, Septic tanks are the main cause of localised bacterial contamination of waterways Environment Bay of Plenty’s on-site Effluent Treatment Plan Will affect all properties within the Rotorua lakes catchment Blue-green algae and are: in Lake Rotoehu • 2 hectares or less Blue-green algae in Okareka • within 200m of a lake edge • within a designated sewerage scheme area. These properties will need to either: • replace their existing septic tank with an advance nutrient removal system, or • apply for a resource consent for their existing system (only applicable under certain conditions), or • be part of a council reticulation network where one is available. By 1 December 2010 for Lakes Rotorua, Rotoiti, Okareka and Tikitapu, or By 1 December 2014 for Lakes Rotoma and Tarawera and for the lakeside community of Hamurana Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant District Council Sewerage Reticulation is proposed for the following lakeside communities: • Mourea and Okawa Bay (completed) • Hinemoa Point (completed) • Rotokawa and Brunswick (available November 2009), • Okareka and Tikitapu (November 2010), • Okere Falls, Otaramarae and Whangamarino (February 2011), • Rotoiti (Ruato Bay to Hinehopu) (2012) • Rotoma (2013) • Hamurana (2014) • Tarawera (2016) Ohau Channel Diversion Wall • Mamaku (2017) Fact: Fact: Per Hectare: Life style blocks with a septic tank, a few The Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant and land animals and the use of garden fertilizers, can produce treatment system removes 90% of nitrogen and the same level of nutrients as a working farm. 95% of phosphorus from the environment. Shaping Rotorua.

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