Council wastewater ponds may have to be fenced

Water New Zealand says a WorkSafe order that lead to the Gore District Council erecting deer fencing around its wastewater ponds could set a standard that other councils need to take note of.

The council pleaded guilty to an amended charge laid by WorkSafe after three-year-old Lachie Jones was found dead in the Gore oxidation ponds almost four years ago.

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