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Wainuiomartian: Wow, that is great work. This is an excellent addition to the content about water in Wellington. I recommend you go ahead and publish (or if it was created via the AFC process, just submit, and I will look after the next step). A few suggestions:
add the template Infobox landform and fill in what is relevant
lots of wikilinks to be added throughout
add something in the lead about the proportion of Wellington's water that is sourced from the aquifer
review the mention of the specific street names in Lower Hutt. Might be a bit too detailed ?
I have created a new Wikidata item
D:Q118045060 for the Waiwhetu Aquifer. It is rather basic at present, although broadly similar to the items for a few other aquifers that have I checked so far.
Marshelec (
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08:57, 29 April 2023 (UTC)reply
It could be useful to add something about the implications for safety arising from the inherent difference between the protected water catchment areas serving the Te Marua and Wainuiomata water treatment plants, and the extraction of water from an aquifer beneath Lower Hutt city. Water treatment is a vital protection, but it could be argued that the inherent risks are significantly different between protected catchment areas and an artesian aquifer beneath a city that cannot effectively be protected. See page 25 of this source:
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Marshelec (
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09:49, 29 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Our water history – on tap
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Wainuiomartian:I have just come across a fascinating publication about the history of water supply in Wellington. I am surprised that I have not found this previously. See:
[2]. On page 20 there is content about boreholes at Gear Island, and some controversy that surrounded this. There might be newspaper sources about this controversy as well. This could make for an interesting addition to the article, perhaps in a history section. A photo of the Gear Island and Waterloo pumping stations would also be good additions to the Commons Category at least. I will try to get out there and get some photos during the next week.
Marshelec (
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07:19, 30 April 2023 (UTC)reply
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Marshelec I have that publication in hard copy and have been trying to sort out in my head the Gear Island pumping station, before adding it. Papers Past has lots about the arguing between Hutt, Petone and Wellington about Wellington taking the water. I wasn't sure how much detail would be appropriate. Yes to more photos - I need to ask husband to drive me!
Wainuiomartian (
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19:08, 1 May 2023 (UTC)reply
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Wainuiomartian: Here is a link to an interesting scientific paper about the NIWA work on mapping freshwater springs in the harbour.
[4] This paper could be a good source for expanding content in the article. I added a small amount of content by citing a news item from Phys.org, but this paper could also be used to expand other sections of the article. Would you like to have a go at this ? I have created a Wikidata item for the paper, so we can use the cite Q template to easily cite it. See:
D:Q123366137.
Marshelec (
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04:04, 8 November 2023 (UTC)reply
Funny, I was reading that report yesterday, and planning to add to the article when I was more awake. There's also a Scoop opinion piece, but the author doesn't cite sources for some of his statements.
Wainuiomartian (
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17:27, 8 November 2023 (UTC)reply
I don't know; I assumed it is a proper noun. I've just had a look at the
MOS which states that "Geographical or place names are the nouns used to refer to specific places and geographic features. These are treated like other proper names and take an initial capital letter on all major elements: Japan, Mount Everest, Gulf of Tonkin." On that basis I would capitalise 'aquifer', since it's the name of a specific feature, like Hutt River.
Wainuiomartian (
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17:33, 8 November 2023 (UTC)reply