Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33 No. 14. 1970
Meanwhile in Godzone ..
Meanwhile in Godzone ...
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Bluff 1979?
Titahi Bay for instance is the main surfing beach out of Wellington and sewage is discharged nearby at a rate of between 1ΒΌ and 5 million gallons per day. The sewage is comminuted and chlorinated it is true, but this treatment was tried and rejected by Dunedin in 1967-68. After all it only makes the stuff smaller. The people of Titahi Bay are now fighting the local bureaucracy (Porirua City Council) and are demanding full treatment of sewage. Meanwhile the immediate concern of the decision makers is to find "the best practical way to improve the beach recreational activities at Titahi Bay with a proposed $10,000 loan.
The problem at the bay is horrifyingly simple. The proposed discharge is at Old Man Point which is still in the area of shallow water, 26 ft. at its deepest in Mana Channel. This channel is subject to tidal flow moving north towards Titahi Bay for 12 hours a day. North-westerly winds can still drive floating material into Titahi Bay as established by 1962 dye drift research by D.S.I.R.