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Mariner Rise – Where ecology, children and stormwater meet 3 Waters

Mariner Rise – Where ecology, children and stormwater meet

A small piece of open land on Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, serves the very different needs of a community, ecologists and council’s stormwater management responsibilities. It isn’t always easy to balance a growing city’s need for increased housing density with the desire to provide recreational amenities for those...
Water New Zealand’s National Performance Review 3 Waters

Water New Zealand’s National Performance Review

A benchmarking tool reveals big differences in councils’ approaches to water, says Lesley Smith. We require a lot from our water systems. They need to protect public health and the environment, be reliable, resilient, resource-efficient, economically-sustainable and responsive to customers. These performance aspects are the focus of...
Smart solutions: Laboratory testing 3 Waters

Smart solutions: Laboratory testing

Reassurance on the quality of water supply is just one factor behind higher demand for faster and more accurate laboratory testing services. Patricia Moore talks with four specialists driving innovative solutions for councils. Increasing public concern and legislative demands for improved environmental management and safer drinking...
Just add water 3 Waters

Just add water

IPWEA NZ vice president Myles Lind calls for a public water Investor Confidence Rating. A public water Investor Confidence Rating (ICR) would signal our sector’s confidence in our ability to continuously improve, adapt and deliver high-quality infrastructure services to our customers through better delivery options. It also opens the...
Smart solutions - Potable water 3 Waters

Smart solutions - Potable water

Sparkling? Still? Or boiled? The government inquiry into the contamination of the Havelock North water supply could carry significant implications for how council-controlled water supplies are managed in the future. Patricia Moore asks water specialists what smart solutions could look like in 2018 and beyond. Speaking at the 2017 Water...
Just add Mauri: Water-sensitive design meets tikanga Maori 3 Waters

Just add Mauri: Water-sensitive design meets tikanga Maori

When it comes to stormwater engineering, how do we ensure cultural and social outcomes are not swept aside by the dollars delivered through cost-benefit analysis? Troy Brockbank uses the concept of mauri to bridge the worlds of water-sensitive design and tikanga Maori. Troy Brockbank (Te Rarawa, Ngati Hine, Ngapuhi) is a civil engineer,...
A contractor’s point of view 3 Waters

A contractor’s point of view

Alan Titchall and Ruth Le Pla ask Tim Gibson, the executive general manager Citycare Water, about the council-owned company’s national maintenance division that was formed in 2010. The cornerstone of the division’s success to date has been its three waters maintenance business that has ‘quietly’ taken some 60 percent of the local...
Timaru's 15-year wastewater strategy 3 Waters

Timaru's 15-year wastewater strategy

The Timaru District Council’s Wastewater Strategy has been named as one of Australia and New Zealand’s most outstanding public works engineering projects. The council was recently presented with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) Excellence in Water Project 2017 award for the Timaru Districtwide Wastewater...
Auckland’s salutary deluge 3 Waters

Auckland’s salutary deluge

In March this year Auckland city was hit with a deluge and the council’s stormwater network was put to the test. Alan Titchall reviews the council’s future flood prevention plans as its unitary development is put into effect. You can’t blame climate change for Cyclone Debbie back in March. NIWA research shows that the northern...
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