Levin

Supply Area

Levin, Ohau and Whirokino rural area.

Water Source

Ohau River 750 metres south of the intersection of Tararua and Gladstone Roads. There are two intakes. One is from the right bank of the river through a long settling race to the pumps and the other is via a pair of intake galleries under the river bed to the same pumps.

The intake gallery consent (consent no 901962, 24,000 m3/day) expires in 2011.

The Levin Water Treatment Plant utilises direct filtration with flocculation followed by chlorination.

The various components of the system were constructed as follows:

No. 1 Reservoir 1943
Surface water Intake 1962
No. 2 Reservoir 1963
Treatment Plant 1964
Infiltration Gallery 1995
Trunk main (Queen Street) 1961/2
Trunk main(Tararua Road) 1997
Reticulation primarily since 1950