Rebuild Update: Fords reservoir
Channel: Kaikoura District Council
Date: 2018-09-20

Work is needed to repair or replace our urban and rural water systems including water sources, storage facilities (tanks and reservoirs), and the pipe network.  This will ensure water quality and control systems across all supplies are up to standard. 

The Fords reservoir project will use the betterment fund made available from the Crown to build back to a more resilient state that pre-quake.  Repairing the two reservoirs would not have been cost effective. The Fords reservoir will be replaced with a new 1.5million litre steel tank reservoir. The project is expected to cost $875,000.

Council’s horizontal infrastructure rebuild covers our roads, bridges, and three waters networks (stormwater, wastewater and drinking water). The target date for the completion is June 2020.