The Southland District Council will vote today on whether new fencing should be installed at the Winton plant and four other sites, after a child died in Gore earlier this year. Photo: Laura SmithFollowing the drowning of a child earlier this year, the Southland District Council will today hear details from a site security review of its oxidation pond sites. The child drowned in a Gore oxidation pond in late January, after he was seen by neighbours running along Salford St. Four oxidation pond sites and one water treatment backwash pond site were identified as needing immediate fence replacements: the Winton, Lumsden, Te Anau, Stewart Island and Riverton waste water treatment pond sites. At the time of the incident, Gore District Council chief executive Steve Parry said the gates were normally padlocked and there was a fence to keep stock out.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 17, 2019 14:48 UTC