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ASPEN — Few people dreaded Aspen’s record low temperature Thursday as much as the folks at the wastewater treatment plant.

The Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District isn’t biased against winter. Officials there just have an aversion to the problems it brings.

Aspen hotels and lodges activate their boilers at this time of year, and that often means flushing anti-freeze substances. Out of ignorance or belligerence, some operators flush the anti-freeze into drains tied to the sewer system. The anti-freeze raises hell with the multimillion-dollar sanitation plant.

New Zealand: Nelson pilots join the fight against frost

"There are 670 helicopters in New Zealand and 85-90 percent of them will be out on a big frost night," Helipro business manager John Read said. "I would not be surprised if there were more than 500 flying tonight, based on the forecasts I have seen."

Helicopters prevent frost damage by circulating the layer of warm air trapped above the freezing conditions closer to the ground.

Nelson weather forecaster John Mathieson said a minimum air temperature of 1.9degC was recorded in Stoke Friday morning, well below the mean November minimum of 9.8degC.

Thursday's maximum of 14degC was the third-lowest November maximum for over 20 years, he said, with the record low of 13.7degC recorded "near 1941".