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PAULA HULBURT Hundreds of litres of water have been wasted after a clash over who should pay to fix a leaky pipe. Water has been gushing from a broken waterpipe which supplies Marlborough Museum for more than a month. Marlborough District Council, who manage the museum say Marlborough Historical Society (MHS) should pay for the fix as it is their pipe. Council administers and manages the Brayshaw Heritage Park land under delegation from DOC, says council’s Manager, Economic, Community and Support Services Dean Heiford. He adds the responsibility to fix or replace the pipe is the Society’s. “Council is not responsible for the maintenance and replacement of any infrastructure within the BHP – this is coordinated by the Brayshaw Heritage Park Administrators (BHPA) with the individual organisations domiciled within Brayshaw. “The water pipe in question is a private feed to the Marlborough Museum. “The Marlborough Historical Society as the owner of the Museum is responsible for the repair / replacement of the pipe.” But MHS president Paul Davidson, who says the Society has no control of its $5 million dollar asset and no source of income, says the land is vested in council. “As Mr Heiford says, the Marlborough Historical Society owns the museum building. “But for the past nine months that building has been occupied by Council staff, without any agreement with the Society and without a dollar being paid in rent or other compensation.
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