two dogs became sick<\/a>\u00a0after eating it.<\/p>\nHastings District Council contractors had been working on the outfall the previous day when they noticed “solid material discharging on the surface”, the regional council said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Contractors were undertaking annual maintenance of the outfall which involves flushing of this structure.<\/p>\n
“This is a consented activity as part of maintaining the wastewater treatment plant and outfall.”<\/p>\n
The test results confirmed it was consistent with a discharge of animal byproducts, and aligned with a discharge from the Hastings District Council wastewater treatment plant, it said.<\/p>\n
Hastings District Council agreed that was probably the case.<\/p>\n
“It is difficult to prove and there are other scenarios, however this does seem the most credible,” said three waters manager Steve Cave.<\/p>\n
“While our processes for this work are set out in our resource consent and were strictly followed, council is keen to see how we can improve.”<\/p>\n
It was not abnormal for animal byproducts to be found in the wastewater system, he said.<\/p>\n
“Hastings District Council has a trade waste component, which is essential in a district that has such reliance on the processing of primary product, so it is not surprising to find it in the waste stream.”<\/p>\n
The councils said they were working together to avoid it happening again.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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