Otara Creek Catchment

Ngati Otara Park
(from Otara Creek Catchment Comprehensive Catchment Study and Management Plan Options - Report Prepared by GHD Limited, March 2001)

Worley’s Strategic Review of the Otara Lake Improvement Project (September 2000) reviews the 1994 Otara Lake Accord’s goals and objectives and provides an updated strategy on the way forward in improving water quality and enhancing the Otara Lake environment.

The proposed physical works treatment range from providing a boat ramp at Ngati Otara Park, to dredging, litter traps, gross pollutant removal and construction of water quality treatment ponds.
Each of these works is to be consulted on, assessed for cost, resource consents secured where appropriate and construction undertaken. A timetable for implementing these works will see them occur over the next 1-3 financial years.

The Strategic Review recommends effective policies to include:
- Ongoing community liaison
- Consultation with affected parties and agencies
- Review of catchment management standards
- Stringent engineering standards

The review also recommends monitoring to ensure we learn about the benefits derived from the improvement works and thus enable the use of monitoring data to guide future capital investment decisions.

Otara Lake Dredging
Meritec has completed a draft study analysing dredging and disposal options for the dredging of the Otara Lake. Copies of their executive summary and recommendations are included in Appendix E. Meritec recommends a complete bathymetric survey, fresh sampling, detailed testing of sediment and pilot trials to confirm the results of their desktop study. Meritec also recommends that a contractor and works methodology should be selected prior to applying for resource consents. The Otara Lake Dredging project will be subject to funding and no specific timeframe has been allocated to the physical works.

Providing Recreational Facilities at Otara Lake
Meritec

Outcomes
Bathymetric Survey

Consultation with potential recreational groups/users
depths
facilities
current use of fields / reserve
management

Realising the “VISION” for Otara Lake
must be community driven taking into account costs and MCC requirements.