Auckland Council
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
Collaborate with Watercare to upgrade aging infrastructure, prioritising high-risk areas.
Enforce strict penalties for dumping in stormwater networks, with regular monitoring to protect waterways.
Ensure wastewater facilities handle growth, with compliance checks for developers to keep waterways clean.
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands and coastal areas.
Promote pollution monitoring and sediment control techniques. Support rural landowners to fence and plant streams and aim for drinkable rivers.
Support evidence-based community projects to monitor, protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity and water quality.
Work toward ensuring rivers and streams are safe enough to swim in and collect food from across the city.
Ensure that stewardship and responsibility for waterways sit with the appropriate parties and that breaches are enforced.
Increase support for volunteer restoration efforts and ensure they are conducted as part of a collaborative effort.
Make it affordable to connect to freshwater infrastructure for those who want to connect from the tank system.
Provide a facility for connection to freshwater to be added to rates over time to make connection more affordable for families.
Stop punishing those on tank water with an arbitrary flat rate and place flow meters on tanks if charging.
Collaborate with Watercare to upgrade aging infrastructure, prioritising high-risk areas.
Enforce strict penalties for dumping in stormwater networks, with regular monitoring to protect waterways.
Ensure wastewater facilities handle growth, with compliance checks for developers to keep waterways clean.
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands and coastal areas.
Promote pollution monitoring and sediment control techniques. Support rural landowners to fence and plant streams and aim for drinkable rivers.
Support evidence-based community projects to monitor, protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity and water quality.
Work toward ensuring rivers and streams are safe enough to swim in and collect food from across the city.
Ensure that stewardship and responsibility for waterways sit with the appropriate parties and that breaches are enforced.
Increase support for volunteer restoration efforts and ensure they are conducted as part of a collaborative effort.
Make it affordable to connect to freshwater infrastructure for those who want to connect from the tank system.
Provide a facility for connection to freshwater to be added to rates over time to make connection more affordable for families.
Stop punishing those on tank water with an arbitrary flat rate and place flow meters on tanks if charging.
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