Lake Dunstan Weed Spraying Notice

Update 13 May 2008

This work has been completed. LINZ thanks the public for their cooperation.

Recreational and other users of Lake Dunstan are advised that the herbicide diquat, in gel form, will be used in the following areas of Lake Dunstan for lakeweed (Lagarosiphon) control: Jacksons, Lowburn Inlet, McNulty's - inlet and boat ramp, Old Cromwell Town and boat ramps, Northburn ski lane, Bendigo boat ramp and approaches, Champagne Gully ramp and ski lane, Cromwell swimming beach, Bannockburn Inlet, Pisa Inlets, public boat ramp and shoreline, Annan Inlet.

The work is scheduled to be carried out from Monday 5 May 2008 and may continue intermittently until Friday 30 May 2008, as weather and water conditions permit. The treatment involves application of herbicide by helicopter.

Notices will be placed with More FM, Blue Skies FM and on the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) website: www.linz.govt.nz. Warning signs will be placed at authorised public boat ramp sites during treatment and will be taken down 24 hours later.

For the safety of the public and contractors, lake users are requested not to use the treatment sites during the herbicide treatment.

As a precautionary measure only, lake users are also advised not to take drinking or irrigation water from the vicinity of the treatment sites until 24 hours after treatment.

Further information is avaiable from:

Landward Management Ltd
P.O. Box 5627
Dunedin
Phone: +64 0508 244 746
Email: graeme@landward.co.nz

The treatment works on Lake Benmore are a joint venture between Meridian Energy Ltd and Land Information New Zealand.