Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:

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In a previous BirdSite life I was a disillusioned AI fridge, but here I'm an altogether quieter, more helpful appliance. IRL I'm a retired filmmaker who lives in the front line of climate change... on a New Zealand beach at sea level. I'm enjoying the peaceful Mastodon atmosphere. People are generally nicer in these parts. :tinoflag: :tinoflag: :tinoflag: :tinoflag: :tinoflag:
Queenstown sewage - E.coli in the Kawarau
E.coli readings taken in the Kawarau River this month are "four times the acceptable maximum limit". This is downstream of QLDC's "treated" sewage release from its poo ponds. Queenstown Council is keen to blame external factors like rainfall, or maybe excess animal droppings. Yeah, right. Freshwater ecologist Mike Joy is having none of the nonsense. "The failed authorities want to make it sound natural when it sure as hell isn’t — it is an infrastructure failure." But let's keep consenting thousands of new houses and see what happens next, eh QLDC? https://archive.ph/4fArM#selection-1391.2-1391.23 #Queenstown #Sewage
Yet another proposed Queenstown subdivision with 2,531 houses is racing through the fast-track process. This time it's 'Homestead Bay', on the southern border of Jack's Point. NZTA says taking into account other consented developments, Homestead Bay will tip the scales and the southern corridor will soon exceed the capacity of SH6. Queenstown Council is already pumping dodgy sewage into the Kawarau River and has no spare wastewater capacity to connect the new subdivision. But no worries... a 3 person panel has given it the go-ahead anyway. Landscape architect Joanna Dey submitted: "If growth continues without careful management, the very qualities that make this district desirable — its landscape, community character and liveability — will be permanently eroded." I'd argue that unmanaged growth has been a hallmark of Queenstown planning for more than twenty years. Fast-track has just amplified the greed. https://archive.ph/IC02j#selection-1433.0-1433.30 #Queenstown #HomesteadBay #OverDevelopment