Go Okaroro (East Auckland) Multi-Cache
-OGP-: Time to take this one down.
Go Okaroro (East Auckland)
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Cache is a Camoed 2L Sistema with logbook pen and swaps. Mind the
little ones as the lake is not fenced off.
The published co-ordinates are at the main gate. I have been
advised that the gates are not open consistently during business
hours. It is no longer recommended that you drive to waypoint 2 as
your car may accidently be locked inside.
If not you will need to park at WP1. Round trip walk from WP1 is 20
minutes. If the gates are open it should only be a 5 minute round
trip< fromWP2.
It's very important stick to the waypoints as any direct route
takes you across private land.
WP2 is 2 sets of steps where you may cross the fenceline before
approaching the final location of the cache.
What's interesting about this location is that Beachlands Maraetai
residents voted on the water treatment options in 1990. There is a
public viewing area at the end of the sealed road. The selected
option has resulted in a treated water release area that feeds
regenerating bush and has created the lake you will see at the
final location. The lake supports lot's of birdlife including ducks
and geese.
Mind the sheep.
History
In July 2006, the water and wastewater assets within Manukau city
were transferred from Manukau City Council to Manukau Water limited
(MWL). The Beachlands/Maraetai Wastewater Treatment Plant is owned
and operated by Manukau Water Limited. Manukau Water is a cost
recovery business and does not operate for the purpose of making a
profit. The replacement value of its water and wastewater assets is
$1.4 billion. In managing these assets the objectives of Manukau
Water are: > To operate and maintain the water and wastewater
system in an efficient manner > To ensure there is sufficient
infrastructural capacity to meet growth and demand > To meet
regulatory requirements and levels of service > To replace
assets when they reach the end of their economic life. The
Beachlands/Maraetai Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed in
the early 1990s to serve an initial population of around 5000
people. It is currently being expanded to service10,000 people at a
capital cost of $10 million. The existing resource consents for the
wastewater treatment plant include conditions that limit: > The
capacity of the plant to 10,000 people. > The plant’s
effluent discharge to the Te Puru Stream (2,800 cubic metres per
day (m3/day)). Operating within these limits, the treatment plant
can accommodate all development in Beachlands-Maraetai which is
already provided for in the district plan. That is development at
Spinnaker Bay and other areas already zoned for residential
development, and new minor households, at historical rates of
uptake. Any additional development to be provided for within
Beachands-Maraetai requires an assessment of wastewater treatment
and disposal options.
Principles to be applied to Beachlands/Maraetai wastewater
system
The principles to be applied by Manukau Water in assessing the
further expansion of the Beachlands/Maraetai wastewater system are
as follows: 1. The capital cost associated with the expansion of
the wastewater system should be funded by the new development. Each
property would be charged a connection fee (network growth charge)
based on the total cost of the expansion divided by the additional
number of dwellings. 2. The annual operating and maintenance costs
associated with running the Beachlands/Maraetai wastewater system
should be collected from the community in the form of an annual
wastewater charge.
Beachlands/Maraetai expansion options
Manukau Water have assessed four options based on three growth
scenarios. As Beachlands is currently serviced by the
Beachlands/Maraetai Sewage Treatment Plan and given that
development densities are expected to be less than one household
unit per 1000m2 self-servicing of lots has not been considered an
option. These options show that whilst the potential network growth
charge per dwelling varies with each, the future development of the
Beachlands/ Maraetai area is unlikely to be constrained by
wastewater disposal issues.
Further reading can be found at Manukau Water website.
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