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Further Water Supply Information

Drinking water for Hauraki District comes from a number of raw water sources. Each of these raw water sources has specific requirements that must be observed in order to protect our natural environment. For instance river levels drop over summer just when people want to use more water for gardening, but we cannot pump rivers dry. Minimum river flows must be maintained at all times to protect the life of the river. This is regulated through Resource Consents which set the levels or volumes of water that can be pumped from rivers and springs.

The Council has resource consents from the Waikato Regional Council to collect water from twelve streams and rivers. The major abstraction points and consented volumes are:

Waitawheta River (7,000 m³/day)
Waihou River (15,000 m³/day)
Waitakaruru River (6,000 m³/day)
Walmsley Stream (3,500 m³/day)

Resource consents are permits that allow Hauraki District Council to use or take water and to allow the discharge of water or wastes into air, water or onto land. They include special conditions to protect the environment. These consented activities are monitored to make sure that the conditions are being met.

Drinking water for Hauraki District comes from a number of raw water sources. Each of these raw water sources has specific requirements that must be observed in order to protect our natural environment. For instance river levels drop over summer just when people want to use more water for gardening, but we cannot pump rivers dry. Minimum river flows must be maintained at all times to protect the life of the river. This is regulated through Resource Consents which set the levels or volumes of water that can be pumped from rivers and springs.

Resource consents granted to the Hauraki District Council for the take and discharge of water are listed below in Adobe PDF format.

Resource Consents for Water

Kaimanawa - Water

Karangahake - Water

Kerepēhi

Mackaytown

Ōhinemuri

Paeroa

Waihī

Waikino

Waitakaruru

Drinking water for Hauraki District comes from a number of raw water sources. Each of these raw water sources has specific requirements that must be observed in order to protect our natural environment. For instance river levels drop over summer just when people want to use more water for gardening, but we cannot pump rivers dry. Minimum river flows must be maintained at all times to protect the life of the river. This is regulated through Resource Consents which set the levels or volumes of water that can be pumped from rivers and springs.

Resource consents are permits that allow Hauraki District Council to use or take water and to allow the discharge of water or wastes into air, water or onto land. They include special conditions to protect the environment. These consented activities are monitored to make sure that the conditions are being met.

Drinking water for Hauraki District comes from a number of raw water sources. Each of these raw water sources has specific requirements that must be observed in order to protect our natural environment. For instance river levels drop over summer just when people want to use more water for gardening, but we cannot pump rivers dry. Minimum river flows must be maintained at all times to protect the life of the river. This is regulated through Resource Consents which set the levels or volumes of water that can be pumped from rivers and springs.

Resource consents granted to the Hauraki District Council for the take and discharge of waste water are listed below:

Resource Consents for Waste water

Kerepēhi

Ngātea

Paeroa

Tūrua

Waihī

Waitakaruru

Whiritoa

Water is treated in four water treatment plants and reticulated to eight public water supply systems throughout the Hauraki District.

The eight water supply systems in the Hauraki District provide a treated supply of water to 7,500 properties. Approximately 587 kilometres of main pipelines transport water to these connections across the network. More than 8,000 consumer water meters are installed across all the water supply systems.

In Waihī, Waikino, Paeroa, Karangahake and Mackaytown water supply is ‘on-demand’, meaning that users can expect water to be continuously available at a reasonable pressure.

In the Plains, Ōhinemuri and Kaimanawa areas water supply is not ‘on demand’. The Council undertakes to provide for water requirements over 24 hours, and users may be required to provide on-site storage to cover daily periods of high demand.

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