EcoWater is a department of Waitakere City Council. We manage the City's
assets and services that relate to the 'three waters' - water supply,
wastewater, and stormwater.
Water Demand management
Freshwater is a finite
resource.
Waitakere City Council has a water demand management goal to reduce demand by
25% by 2025. This is necessary because the demand for drinking water is on the
rise but freshwater is a finite resource. This website will show you how to be
more water-wise and the things you do inside and outside your home.
Our piped drinking water requires a very expensive process to collect, store,
treat and pump it to our homes. If we don't minimise wastage we'll need to find
a new water source and that will be costly in terms of economics, energy and the
environment. We can defer expenditure on infrastructure if we are more
water-wise at home and in business.
We are currently working on our Demand Management Action Plan 2009 and will put
it on this site when it's completed.
In the meantime, check out this excellent summary of who is responsible, the
benefits of demand management and ways councils implement their programmes. This
national publication features many of our water-wise activities, including
water-wise gardening... Read more
Private Drains Information - Who owns that pipe?
Who owns that pipe?
Just as you maintain your house and garden, property owners also need
to maintain their plumbing system. This includes all water supply,
wastewaters and storm water pipes and fittings up to the property
boundary or connection to council's system and all water supply pipes
and fittings up to the water meter.
The Council is responsible for maintaining our network of pipes to your
property, including the water meter...
Read more
Water Conservation
Water Wise-Up programme
The Water Wise-Up programme is being run in Waitakere to help residents save water and to study how much water can be saved by fixing leaks and by installing simple water saving devices and by encouraging a change in behaviour patterns around water usage.
The survey is being conducted by EcoMatters Environment Trust on behalf of Waitakere City Council. It started in New Lynn in December 2003 and will visit homes across Waitakere. By reducing the amount of water used by each person, we will reduce the need to build another dam in the Waitakere Ranges.
The houses are visited and, if the residents agree, checked for leaks and water-wasteful toilet cisterns and showerheads. Under the free service, old style cisterns will be fitted with a "gizmo" to halve the amount of water used... Read more
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