City Care contracted for mud tank maintenance

Dunedin (Friday, 4 March 2016) – City Care has been contracted to carry out a full clean of every mud tank in South Dunedin as well as providing information about the condition of the mud tanks.

The work, which involves inspecting and cleaning over 1500 mud tanks in South Dunedin and the surrounding area, starts on Monday and will be carried out 24 hours a day over a period of about a month.

DCC General Manager Infrastructure and Networks Ruth Stokes says, the work should provide added confidence to residents that all tanks have been recently cleaned as we head into autumn. 

“We have chosen City Care to complete a full clean of every mud tank in South Dunedin, including jetting all pipe lines. City Care has been chosen because they have existing asset information systems that easily integrate with ours.

“We apologise to residents for any disturbance the work may cause, but we need the information about the tanks in readiness for our retendering process for the new financial year.”

Mrs Stokes says DCC roading maintenance contractor Fulton Hogan will be concentrating on maintaining mud tanks in the rest of the city network.

She says the focus is on ensuring the maintenance work is completed in plenty of time before winter.

“However, we may also carry out a further clean of the mud tanks after leaf drop but before winter fully sets in to ensure the network is maintained.”

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