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2 Castle Hill Stormwater Scheme
2.1 Scheme Summary
Scheme Area
| 28ha |
| Scheme Coverage (as at 1 Jan 2021) | Rating numbers | 189
|
System components
| Piped (m)
| 2,730
|
| Swales (m) | 5,127
|
| Drains (m) | 136
|
Manholes/Inspection Chambers (No.)
| 30
|
| Treatment | N/A
|
| Other | Discharge flume + Infiltration trench |
Value ($)
| Replacement Cost | $774,656
|
| Depreciated Replacement Cost | $647,590
|
Financial
| Operator cost (scheduled and reactive maintenance) per connection
| $65.88/connection
|
Planning
| Stormwater Management Plan | Yes
|
| No. SDC stormwater consents | 2 |
Demand
| Mean Annual Rainfall (mm) | 1,293 |
| 10% AEP (10 year) 1hr rainfall depth (mm) | 19.5 |
| Sustainability |
Sustainable drain management practices | Adopted and Encouraged |
2.2 Key Issues
The following key issues are associated with the Castle Hill Stormwater Scheme. A list of district wide issues are located in 5Waters Activity Management Plan: Volume 1.
Table 2‑1 Castle Hill Scheme Issues
| Costs of undertaking maintenance works in the township are high including proprietary device cleaning due to travel distances. | Continue to bundle maintenance work to get best value for money for the community. |
2.3 Overview & History
The primary stormwater system for the village is a network of roadside swales which convey flows to either the Thomas River (via a stormwater flume) or to a soakage trench. In addition to the swale network there are a number of culvert crossings and relatively short sections of piped network. Maintenance activities in Castle Hill include inspection and clearing of broom at the Thomas river flume.
Figure 2‑2 Scheme Schematic
2.4 Resource Consents
The Castle Hill stormwater scheme has a number of resource consents. Table 2‑2 shows the stormwater discharge permitted by the resource consents for this scheme.
Table 2‑2 Resource Consents
CRC062414
Issued – Active | The Canterbury Regional Council certifies that the following activity is authorised under Rule 6.2 of the Waimakariri River Regional Plan and condition 3 of the General Authorisation of Stormwater in the Transitional Regional Plan. | Trelissick Loop, CASTLE HILL | 31/01/2006
| N/A
|
CRC064128.1
Issued - Active | To discharge stormwater. | Trelissick Loop, CASTLE HILL | 13/10/2010 | 20/10/2041 |
The requirement to undertake stormwater sampling at Castle Hill was removed in October 2013 following four plus samples with Zinc below trigger levels.
2.5 Integrated Stormwater Management Plan
Environment Canterbury's Land and Water Regional Plan became operative on the 13th December 2018. Under policy 4.16, any reticulated stormwater system for an urban area requires a stormwater management plan. Additionally, from 1 January 2025, operators of reticulated stormwater systems will become responsible for the quality and quantity of all stormwater discharged from the reticulated stormwater system. A draft Castle Hill stormwater management plan is being prepared by Council. A global stormwater consent exists for the Castle Hill Village (CRC064128.1).
2.6 Scheme Assets
Council has a wide variety of stormwater assets within the district. A brief description of the assets within this scheme is provided below:
a. Swale (Grassed) – Is a longitudinal open channel which is lined with grass. The swale both conveys and treats stormwater.
b. Corrugated Flume – is a corrugated half pipe used to convey stormwater in areas which are prone to erosion.
A summary of material and diameter for channels and pipes, where known, is shown below in Figure 2‑3 and Figure 2‑4.
Figure 2‑3 Pipe Material – Castle Hill
Figure 2‑4 Pipe Diameter – Castle Hill
2.7 Operational Management
The stormwater network is operated and maintained under two maintenance contracts as follows:
- Contract 1241: Water Services Contract. Contract is with SICON who undertakes investigations, conditions inspections, proactive and reactive maintenance and minor asset renewals.
- Contract 1202: Parks and Reserves Contract. Contract is with SICON who undertakes the maintenance of land scape features related to water services e.g. mowing, gardens etc.
Water quality sampling is completed under an agreement with Food and Health Ltd as required.
2.8 Photos of Main Assets
The photos below provide a summary of the types of assets found within this stormwater management area.
Photo 1: Corrugated Flume
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Photo 2: Alpine Swale |
2.9 Rapid Flood Modelling
The Council has undertaken 'Rapid Flood Hazard Assessment' modelling for its main townships. The modelling uses DHI MIKE 21 to simulate rainfall on grid with the outputs processed through ArcGIS producing maps illustrating a range of flood deeps during different rainfall intensities and durations.
The rapid flood assessment has been generated to provide a high level summary of potential flood and ponding areas across the district during extreme rainfall events. The results from this study are not to be used to set floor levels. The results have not been ground tested and therefore are indicative only.
For a 50 year event, no flooding is expected in Castle Hill.
2.10 Risk Assessment
A risk assessment has been undertaken for the Castle Hill scheme. The key output from the risk assessment is the identification of any extreme and high risks which need to be mitigated. In order to mitigate these risks they have been included and budgeted for in the projects within this LTP. Table 2‑3 details the risk priority rating and Table 2‑4 outlines the risks for this scheme.
Table 2‑3 Risk Priority Rating
| > 50 | Extreme | Awareness of the event to be reported to Council. Urgent action to eliminate / mitigate / manage the risk. Document risk and action in the AMP. |
| 35-50 | Very High | Risk to be eliminated / mitigated / managed through normal business planning processes with responsibility assigned. |
| 14-35 | High | Manage risk using routine procedures. |
| 3.5-14 | Moderate | Monitor the risk. |
| < 3.5 | Low | Awareness of the event to be reported to Council. Immediate action required to eliminate / mitigate / manage the risk. Document risk and action in the AMP. |
Table 2‑4 Risks – Castle Hill
| Non-consented activities | Renewal of consents | 2014 | 27 | 27 | 6 |
The list of district wide risks can be found in 5Waters Activity Management Plan: Volume 1.
2.11 Asset Valuation Details
The total replacement value of assets within the Castle Hill Scheme is $774,656 as detailed in Table 2‑5 below.
Table 2‑5 Replacement Value, Castle Hill
Stormwater Reticulation
| Channel | $157,978
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| Inlet-Outlet-Point | $34,508
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| Manhole | $181,896
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| Pipe | $396,411
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| Soakhole | $3,862
|
2.12 Renewals
The renewal profile has been taken from the 2019 5 Waters Valuation. A graph showing the renewals for this scheme are shown by Figure 2‑5 below. The majority of assets requiring renewal are culverts/pipes which occur in the period 2037-2040.
Figure 2‑5 Castle Hill Stormwater Renewal Profile
2.13 Critical Assets
The criticality model for Castle Hill has been updated for the 2021 AcMP. The methodology of the criticality model can be found in 5Waters Activity Management Plan: Volume 1 and it provides details of how the criticality has been calculated for the reticulation assets. Table 2‑6 and Figure 2‑6 below show the calculated criticality for all of the assets within this scheme that have a recorded known length.
Table 2‑6 Length of Assets per Criticality Level
5
| Low | 6,555
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4
| Medium-Low | 0
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3
| Medium | 136
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2
| Medium-High | 0
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1
| High | 0
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2.14 Asset Condition
The asset condition model was run for Castle Hills in 2021. The methodology of the model can be found in 5Waters Activity Management Plan: Volume 1 and it provides details of how the model has been calculated for the reticulation assets (particularly pipes). Figure 2‑7 below shows the level of asset condition for all of the assets within this scheme that have a recorded known condition.
Table 2‑7 provides a description of the condition rating used within the condition model.
Table 2‑7 Asset Condition Grading
| 1.0 | Excellent |
| 2.0 | Good |
| 3.0 | Moderate |
| 4.0 | Poor |
| 5.0+ | Fail |
2.15 Funding Program
There are no projects specific to the Castle Hill scheme in the 10 year LTP budgets, however the scheme will benefit from a number of district-wide initiatives. Expenditure and renewals have been reported on a district-wide basis in Volume 1.
An explanation of the categories within the budgets are as follows below:
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Expenditure consists of operation and maintenance costs;
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Renewals are replacement of assets which are nearing or exceeded their useful life;
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Projects are investigations, decisions and planning activities which exclude capital works; and
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Capital projects are activities involving physical works.
The list of district wide projects can be found in 5Waters Activity Management Plan: Volume 1.
Discussion on Projects
Projects have been determined based on their:
- Relevance to the scheme
- Requirement to be completed under legislation
- Ability to bring the scheme up to or maintain the Level of Service required under council's Asset Management Policy.
Many projects are jointly funded by more than one scheme and activity. Each scheme pays a pro-rata share only, equivalent to the number of connections.
Discussion on Capital and Projects
Where relevant, Capital (Levels of Service) and Capital (Growth) projects have been included in the scheme financial details.
Levels of Service Projects and growth splits have been provided to ensure the costs of population driven works are clear.
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