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DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers: Karen Melville & Peter Wilson Topic: The Centr
 al Interceptor The Central Interceptor is a wastewater infrastructure pr
 oject in Auckland undertaken by Watercare Services and involves boring a 4
 .5 metres (15 ft) diameter wastewater pipe underneath the Auckland centra
 l isthmus\, to carry wastewater flows from many parts of the city to the M
 angere Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project allows for population growt
 h in Auckland and the resulting increased wastewater demands. It also aims
  to reduce the amount of wastewater overflows from the older combined wast
 ewater/stormwater systems in western Auckland\, which currently\, on stron
 g rainfall days\, are forced to dump excess water (contaminated by faeces)
  into the Waitemata Harbour. One typical example was on 27 January 2023\, 
 when a water quality alert was issued for 11 Auckland beaches because of w
 astewater overflows in heavy rain. The new capacity of the central interc
 eptor is expected to reduce these overflows by at least 80%\, reducing the
  times per year contaminated stormwater is dumped into the harbour from 52
  days a year to 10 or fewer days.A major pump station\, plus 16 access sha
 fts\, up to 78 metres (256ft) deep\, will be constructed.           
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
       The new interceptor will be New Zealand's largest ever wastewater
  project\, costing approximately $1.5B\, 13 km long plus 4.3km of link se
 wers running from Western Springs to Mangere. In 2021 consent was gran
 ted to extend the project to Tawariki St\, Grey Lynn - enabling the new tu
 nnel to connect to the Orakei Sewer Main. In May 2024\, resource consent w
 as granted to extend the tunnel further to Point Erin Reserve - giving the
  project a final length of 16.2 km. Our presenters to tell us all about th
 is project are: Karen Melville\, who is the Stakeholder and Communications
  Manager for Ghella Abergeldie JV (GAJV) the contractor constructing the C
 entral Interceptor. Her team looks after the various stakeholders impacted
  by the project. She’s been with the JV for more than four years and pre
 viously worked for Aurora Energy\, an electricity distribution company in 
 Dunedin. Peter Wilson\, who is Stakeholder and Communications Lead for Wat
 ercare\, dedicated to the CI project for the past four-and-a-half years. H
 e sets the stakeholder strategy\, promotes the benefits of the project via
  a range of communications media and manages relationships with local poli
 ticians. This is an excellent presentation of a major project that we know
  very little about. You will be enthrtalled with the scope of the project 
 and the outcomes to the benefit of Auckland Central City. So bring your pa
 rtner and/or a guest to be equally entertained by this presentation!   
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SUMMARY:Meeting - 15 July 2024
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Guest Speakers: <strong>Karen Melville &amp
 \; Peter Wilson</strong></p>\n\n<p>Topic:&nbsp\;<strong>The Central Interc
 eptor</strong></p>\n\n<p>The&nbsp\;<strong>Central Interceptor</strong>&nb
 sp\;is a wastewater infrastructure project in Auckland undertaken by Water
 care Services and involves boring a 4.5 metres (15&nbsp\;ft) diameter wast
 ewater pipe underneath the Auckland central isthmus\, to carry wastewater 
 flows from many parts of the city to the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plan
 t. The project allows for population growth in Auckland and the resulting 
 increased wastewater demands. It also aims to reduce the amount of wastewa
 ter overflows from the older combined wastewater/stormwater systems in wes
 tern Auckland\, which currently\, on strong rainfall days\, are forced to 
 dump excess water (contaminated by faeces) into the Waitemata Harbour. One
  typical example was on 27 January 2023\, when a water quality alert was i
 ssued for 11 Auckland beaches because of wastewater overflows in heavy rai
 n.&nbsp\;The new capacity of the central interceptor is expected to reduce
  these overflows by at least 80%\, reducing the times per year contaminate
 d stormwater is dumped into the harbour from 52 days a year to 10 or fewer
  days.A major pump station\, plus 16 access shafts\, up to 78 metres (256f
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 terceptor will be New Zealand&#39\;s largest ever wastewater project\, cos
 ting approximately $1.5B\,&nbsp\;13 km long plus 4.3km of link sewers runn
 ing from&nbsp\;Western Springs&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;Mangere.&nbsp\;In 2021 conse
 nt was granted to extend the project to Tawariki St\, Grey Lynn - enabling
  the new tunnel to connect to the Orakei Sewer Main. In May 2024\, resourc
 e consent was granted to extend the tunnel further to Point Erin Reserve -
  giving the project a final length of 16.2 km.</p>\n\n<p>Our presenters to
  tell us all about this project are:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Karen Melville\, </
 strong>who is the Stakeholder and Communications Manager for Ghella Aberge
 ldie JV (GAJV) the contractor constructing the Central Interceptor. Her te
 am looks after the various stakeholders impacted by the project. She&rsquo
 \;s been with the JV for more than four years and previously worked for Au
 rora Energy\, an electricity distribution company in Dunedin.</p>\n\n<p><s
 trong>Peter Wilson\,</strong> who is Stakeholder and Communications Lead f
 or Watercare\, dedicated to the CI project for the past four-and-a-half ye
 ars. He sets the stakeholder strategy\, promotes the benefits of the proje
 ct via a range of communications media and manages relationships with loca
 l politicians.</p>\n\n<p>T<strong>his is an excellent presentation of a ma
 jor project that we know very little about. You will be enthrtalled with t
 he scope of the project and the outcomes to the benefit of Auckland Centra
 l City.</strong> <strong>So bring your partner and/or a guest to be equall
 y entertained by this presentation!</strong></p>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n
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