Tag: sewage_sludge

Central Otago Councillors Reject Sewage Sludge Plan for Lauder Farmland

30 Sep 2026 4:20 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Central Otago District Council drops a plan to spread treated human wastewater sludge on Lauder farmland after rural residents' anger, with ratepayer savings shrinking from $600,000 to $182,000.

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Federated Farmers Slams Plan to Spread Sewage Sludge on Otago Farmland

29 Sep 2026 8:54 a.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

Central Otago District Council votes on trucking thousands of cubic metres of treated human effluent from Alexandra and Cromwell to Lauder farmland, drawing Federated Farmers' ire.

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