Drinking Water stories
Facilities could cut flood risk and downtime as Zurn Elkay Canada adds real-time backflow monitoring to aging water systems.
Rural households in Tasman face higher bills as new national rules force long-delayed water upgrades to protect drinking safety.
Unrecorded sections of Southland's water network are complicating planning, as councillors were told the council still has pipes it cannot locate.
Water losses in Masterton have been cut to 15% as better meter data helps the council spot hidden leaks and prompt repairs.
Boil notices remain in place while testing continues, though Ohakune's water supply has been restored and the emergency is easing.
Residents were warned too late as Ohakune's reservoir emptied, leaving businesses and households without water on a busy winter weekend.
Ten years on, the outbreak still shapes drinking-water rules after contaminated taps sickened more than 5,500 people and killed four.
The sector's 10,000-worker shortfall could widen unless more students see water jobs beyond engineering, Water New Zealand says.
Untreated discharges, leakage and ageing assets are putting public health and the environment at risk, the water watchdog says.
The hire strengthens Calisen's push into water metering as regulators prepare a major overhaul of oversight and compliance.
Public health risks from contaminated drinking water remain at the heart of the reforms, as debate over local control overshadows safety.
Councils could get a simpler path to fund water upgrades after the mayors’ plan was backed as a more practical alternative to Three Waters.
Delays to economic regulation could leave councils reluctant to invest, slowing safer water upgrades for rural communities.
Walls and public surfaces could stay cleaner for longer after WACKER unveiled coatings that resist stains, graffiti and posters.
A national overhaul is being urged to close gaps in oversight after the Havelock North outbreak exposed weak co-operation across the sector.
More than 5,000 Havelock North residents fell ill after faecal contamination entered the town's drinking water, a government inquiry found.
