A new video shows the scale of Watercare’s $60m Redoubt Road reservoir being built in South Auckland.
Time-lapse footage shows a team of 50 Fulton Hogan staff in an overnight operation, pouring concrete foundations for a reservoir which will store up to 45 million litres of water.
Watercare project manager Buena van Wyk said the next two pours will be over the first two months of next year.
“The growing demand on our own supply requires the expansion of the water storage network,” she said. “So this project will boost the resilience of the city’s water supply and cater for Auckland’s future growth.”
Van Wyk said 80% of Auckland’s treated water currently comes via the Redoubt Rd site, which is home to two reservoirs.
And she said the new water storage facility is central to its plans to increase the amount of water it takes from the Waikato River. The reservoir will hold the water pumped from the river before it
is piped throughout the region.
