Pooling Resources – time for a fresh approach?
Will collaborative processes help find the best ways to manage our country’s freshwater? Ruth Le Pla tests the waters. A new government report on freshwater management...
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ECan puts locals in the driver's seat
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is taking an innovative community-led approach to environmentally-sustainable water management. Allowing the community to drive change has turned the traditional planning-led model...
Christchurch model: magic or madness?
The Canterbury earthquake sequence resulted in significant changes to the land drainage network in Christchurch. In a paper presented at the 2016 Water New Zealand...
Rain radar estimates size of floods
Using rain radar to estimate the size of flood events is a reliable approach. That’s according to a group of specialists at the 2016 Water...
Flooding and Funding
Urban stormwater is often referred to as the “poor cousin” of the three waters, with limited funding available compared to water and wastewater. The exception...
Benefits of water sensitive design
Water sensitive design is being implemented via the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act which implements the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP). Special Housing...
How Wellington Water works
Wellington Water’s many previous information sources are now one. Wellington Water combines the water operation management (water treatment and supply, stormwater and wastewater service delivery)...
Coastal cities: What's in store?
Plans for New Zealand’s coastal cities must take into account ways to accommodate higher sea levels. By Liam Foster from Opus International Consultants. Rising seas will...
New thinking on freshwater management
Will collaborative processes help find the best ways to manage our country’s freshwater? Ruth Le Pla tests the waters. A new government report on freshwater management...
Freshwater report lifts debate on collaborative processes
A new government report on freshwater management highlights yet again the delicate path that regional authorities must tread in balancing environmental, economic and iwi aspirations for...