Date: |
26 Nov 2026, 12.00PM – 1.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Venue: |
Timaru District Council |
Address: |
2 King George Place Timaru |
Cost: |
Free event |
Join Engineering New Zealand’s South Canterbury Branch for a presentation on the Claremont Water Treatment Plant upgrade. Claremont supplies treated drinking water to urban Timaru, including Waitarakao/Washdyke. The project has a practical engineering challenge at its heart: how do you build new treatment facilities while keeping the existing plant running?
The presentation will explore why the ageing ozone system is being replaced and how membrane filtration, ultraviolet disinfection, chlorination and carbon filtration will work together to treat incoming water. The project also includes additional water storage.
Grant Hall, Water Services Principal and former Drainage and Water Manager, brings decades of public health engineering experience across local government and consulting. He co-authored the procurement strategy for the Claremont upgrade.
John Clemens, Water Services Operations Engineer, has managed water and wastewater treatment operations and worked on treatment upgrades and improvements across the district.
A light lunch will be provided at the venue.
How do you upgrade Timaru’s only drinking water treatment plant without turning off the tap? Join Timaru District Council’s John Clemens and Grant Hall for a behind-the-scenes look at the $39.5 million Claremont upgrade and the engineering that keeps the water flowing while the work gets done.
Join Engineering New Zealand’s South Canterbury Branch for a presentation on the Claremont Water Treatment Plant upgrade. Claremont supplies treated drinking water to urban Timaru, including Waitarakao/Washdyke. The project has a practical engineering challenge at its heart: how do you build new treatment facilities while keeping the existing plant running?
The presentation will explore why the ageing ozone system is being replaced and how membrane filtration, ultraviolet disinfection, chlorination and carbon filtration will work together to treat incoming water. The project also includes additional water storage.
Grant Hall, Water Services Principal and former Drainage and Water Manager, brings decades of public health engineering experience across local government and consulting. He co-authored the procurement strategy for the Claremont upgrade.
John Clemens, Water Services Operations Engineer, has managed water and wastewater treatment operations and worked on treatment upgrades and improvements across the district.
A light lunch will be provided at the venue.
Presenters
South Canterbury Branch
South Canterbury Young Engineers
