Protesters make their point as sewage crisis deepens

Queenstown protesters created strong national media coverage this morning for community concerns over QLDC's plan to discharge 12,000 cubic metres a day of partially treated sewage into the Shotover River.

The group is calling for the emergency plan to be scrapped.

QLDC's infrastructure boss Tony Avery is to speak with media shortly and is expected to outline the next steps planned by the QLDC.

Crux will have full coverage of Mr Avery's statement and answers to media questions.

Crux has submitted three key questions to Mr Avery:

1. Does QLDC agree that action to resolve issues at the disposal field could have been better managed - faster and more strategically?

2. Why did you approve construction of the Shotover disposal field wall last year knowing there was no resource consent in place - and how much did the wall cost?

3. Do you agree that effluent chemical readings in the disposal field have exceeded consent limits on many occasions in the past year?