Kāpiti Coast District Council Kāpiti Coast District Council
Search
  • Home
  • Rohe | District
  • Kaunihera | Council
  • Ratonga | Services
  • Ngā Kaupapa | What's On
  • Whakapā mai | Contact
  • Rohe | District
    • Aquatics
    • Beaches
    • Doing business in Kāpiti
    • Maps
    • Our community
    • Our Kāpiti
    • Visiting Kāpiti
    • Arts and culture
    • Civil Defence | Emergency Management
    • Libraries
    • Open spaces
    • Our environment
    • Mana Whenua
    • Aquatics
    • Arts and culture
    • Beaches
    • Civil Defence | Emergency Management
    • Doing business in Kāpiti
    • Libraries
    • Maps
    • Open spaces
    • Our community
    • Our environment
    • Our Kāpiti
    • Mana Whenua
    • Visiting Kāpiti
  • Kaunihera | Council
    • The role of Council
    • Our elected members
    • Our vision and direction
    • Documents
    • Projects
    • Partners
    • Our awards for environmental care
    • Central government reforms
    • Executive management
    • Meetings
    • Delivering for Kāpiti
    • Planning
    • Job vacancies
    • Local elections
    • Official Information Requests
    • The role of Council
    • Executive management
    • Our elected members
    • Meetings
    • Our vision and direction
    • Delivering for Kāpiti
    • Documents
    • Planning
    • Projects
    • Job vacancies
    • Partners
    • Local elections
    • Our awards for environmental care
    • Official Information Requests
    • Central government reforms
  • Ratonga | Services
    • A–Z council services and facilities
    • A–Z council services and facilities
  • Ngā Kaupapa | What's on
    • News
    • Everything Kāpiti e-newsletter
    • Calendar of meetings and forums
    • Kāpiti Schools Sports Programme
    • News archive
    • Have your say
    • Things to do in Kāpiti
    • Follow us
    • News
    • News archive
    • Everything Kāpiti e-newsletter
    • Have your say
    • Calendar of meetings and forums
    • Things to do in Kāpiti
    • Kāpiti Schools Sports Programme
    • Follow us
  • Whakapā mai | Contact
    • Contact us
    • Follow us
    • About this website
    • Official Information Requests
    • Council facilities opening hours
    • Antenno
    • Social Media terms of use
    • Online service request / Complaints
    • Contact us
    • Council facilities opening hours
    • Follow us
    • Antenno
    • About this website
    • Social Media terms of use
    • Official Information Requests
    • Online service request / Complaints
Search
Close
Hit enter to search or ESC to close
HomeNgā Kaupapa | What's OnNews archivePrevious years2016Council developing plan for improving Maclean Park
Ngā Kaupapa | What's On
  • Newskeyboard_arrow_down
  • News archivekeyboard_arrow_up
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • Previous years
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
      • 2010
      • 2009
  • Everything Kāpiti e-newsletterkeyboard_arrow_down
  • Have your saykeyboard_arrow_down
  • Calendar of meetings and forums
  • Things to do in Kāpitikeyboard_arrow_down
  • Kāpiti Schools Sports Programme
  • Follow us

Council developing plan for improving Maclean Park

Published 23 Sep 2016

The pond at Maclean Park in Paraparaumu Beach will be empty for the foreseeable future while the Kāpiti Coast District Council develops a plan for improving the park.

The Council has been doing daily monitoring of the amount of water required to keep the pond functioning in response to community feedback.

The latest findings show the average water use per day is 108,000 litres – that’s enough water to service up to 240 households each day (the average Kāpiti household uses around 450 litres of water per day).

Parks and Recreation Manager Alison Law says this amount would increase further over the summer months due to increased evaporation.

“We’re not going to continue filling the pond as it is unsustainable. It will be draining naturally over the next few days and, other than rainfall accumulating, will be empty for the foreseeable future.”

This monitoring period was to help get a clearer understanding of the costs that would be required if it’s decided to keep the pond long term.

“As part the FutureKāpiti Annual plan 2016/17 process we’re committed to working with the community to come up with a development plan for Maclean Park, including future possibilities for the pond,” Ms Law says.

“The park is undoubtedly a gem on the Kāpiti Coast and we would like to ensure that any decision on the future of the pond is made with the future of the whole park in mind.

“We’re currently in the process of confirming how this project will go, and we want to involve the community as much as possible with the future planning of the park.”

During the monitoring phase the flow of incoming water was progressively adjusted to try and maintain a depth of approximately 330 millimetres. This is the desirable level to keep the fountains operating so the water can circulate easily to prevent a build-up of bacteria. 

The pond, which built 63 years ago, has required routine maintenance such as chip sealing the base every two years, but Ms Law says the frequency of reactive work to try and keep the pond watertight has increased, particularly in the last few years.

  • Development plan getting started for Maclean Park
  • Maclean Park update re lightening 
  • Duck pond temporarily closed
  • Maclean Parl duck pond to remain empty

Hot topics

  • Grants, funding and awards
  • Maps
  • Public forum at Council
  • Recycling and rubbish
  • Sources and consumption rates
  • Recreational water quality

Quick links

  • Alcohol licences
  • Civil defence
  • Sports ground status
  • District Plan
  • Responses to Official Information Requests

Services & information

  • A–Z of services and facilities
  • Job vacancies
  • Information for businesses
  • Property information
  • Maps
  • Kāpiti Coast destination website

Get in touch  facebook  Instagram  Youtube

shielded

Kāpiti Coast District Council
175 Rimu Road
Private Bag 60601
Paraparaumu 5254

Phone: 04 296 4700
Toll free: 0800 486 486
Fax: 04 296 4830
[email protected]

page rip
© Copyright 2023 Kāpiti Coast District Council
SitemapAbout this websiteAccessibilityLegal Notices
NZ Government logo