New water main for Glenside

The project to install a new water main in Glenside is going well and on track to be completed in July, the contractor says.

“Our team on site are grateful for the space and patience that has been given to them by the community,” says David Philipson, the General Manager of GP FrielLtd.

“We have installed over 600m of new plastic water pipe that will service the community for the next 100 years.

“This work will continue across the roundabout to the other side of Westchester Drive.

“In behind this activity we have now brought a second team … to install new service pipes that connect each property to the main.

“These are smaller plastic pipes that bring water to [people’s] new tobies. Every property will get one of these.

“In addition to these two activities you will see us start working again next to the bridge over Porirua Stream.

“We have to do a bit of complex work to slide a new pipe through the bridge structure and across the stream. This is interesting work that we are looking forward to getting stuck into.

“Once all of this work is complete we need to start to commission the new main.

“We will be testing it and disinfecting it before we put it into service.

“At this point we will connect the new main to the network and disconnect the old main. To do so we will carry out shutdowns of the water service in the area. These will be planned to cause the least possible disruption to the community. They will either be off peak during the day or – if a business could be affected – they may take place at night.

“They take approximately four hours. These shutdowns will be notified in advance to affected residents by letter,” Mr Philipson says.

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