Foxton Beach

Water Source

One water bore at Edinburgh Terrace (1994) and a new  200 metre deep bore has recently been commissioned at the south end of Flagstaff St. The water is pumped through a treatment plant into a storage reservoir.  From there it is pumped continuously into the town reticulation.

Consent expires 2009 for the Edinburgh Terrace bore (consent no 101905, 1500 m3/day) and in 2018 (consent no 102675, 1920 m3/day) for the bore in Flagstaff St. Special conditions apply to that bore including monitoring the electrical conductivity so as to give early warning of a possible inland movement of the salt water interface.

Treatment consists of chlorination plus passing the water through pressure filters.

The reticulation comprises some 17 km of pipe ranging in size from 200mm down to 100mm. The reticulation consists of a either PVC or Asbestos cement and was nearly all installed in 1974.