Water infrastructure stories
More than 5,000 Havelock North residents fell ill after faecal contamination entered the town's drinking water, a government inquiry found.
Water utilities could improve asset management after a Coliban Water manager outlines virtual tags for analysing SCADA data at an Auckland conference.
A direct hit on the capital could cost New Zealand about USD $29 billion and trigger wider economic damage, Deloitte warns.
Growing councils may soon gain new ways to pay for roads and water as a report urges options beyond rates and debt.
Auckland’s water supply project went 14 months without a recordable incident, after safety measures were adopted across the wider industry.
Communities face billions in upgrade costs as local councils seek a single framework linking freshwater standards, funding and affordability.
