Council is seeking the views of the wider community on the future of the Methven Auxiliary stockwater intake.

Property owners or occupiers that pay for water from the intake have already been surveyed and now is the opportunity for the wider community and district to give feedback on the intake.

The Methven Auxiliary intake supplies stockwater to about 200 users, and its future is being considered as part of Council’s decision to exit the stockwater delivery service.

The feedback and information from the users is being used to see who still needs stockwater.

Group Manager of Infrastructure and Open Spaces Neil McCann said the deadline for the user surveys to be returned had passed and now it was time for the wider community to have its say, via the online survey.

“We know that Methven Auxiliary water is also conveyed through Mt Harding Creek, between Draytons Gate and Forest Drive, then at Forest Drive it is taken out of Mt Harding Creek and directed north-east to Chertsey. So there is a wider community who may want to give us feedback.”

A public drop-in session will be held at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall on Wednesday 26 March at 7pm, to talk about the Methven Auxiliary intake. Feedback from the wider community will be collected via the online survey until Wednesday 9 April.

You can view a map of the Methven Auxiliary Intake here.

Council’s work to exit the stockwater delivery service involves the separate consideration of 17 intakes. Each is considered in a two-stage process – stockwater users of the intake will be surveyed first, followed by the wider community.

The next intake for consideration is Bushside and letters will soon be sent to those who pay for stockwater from this intake.

You can find the Methven Auxiliary public survey at here.

Find out more about the Stockwater Exit Transition Plan.

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