International experts are being called in to help plan for rising groundwater in South Dunedin. Global environmental specialists Golder Associates and Netherlands-based not-for-profit Deltares have been contracted to study steps being taken to tackle rising groundwater internationally. The lessons will then be applied to South Dunedin, where the Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council are preparing a work programme — subject to community consultation — to manage rising groundwater. "This information, along with our own science and monitoring, will help us and the community to identify viable options for South Dunedin." Pumps would be needed first, perhaps by 2040, and could cost $10million to install, while wells needed by 2090 could cost $65million, initial estimates suggested.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 02, 2017 17:10 UTC