Water

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Water

Waikato District Council is responsible for the management and maintenance of water supply schemes, wastewater schemes and urban stormwater throughout the district as well as Tamahere and Te Kauwhata stormwater drainage areas. We are accountable for and involved in providing appropriate water, wastewater and stormwater services to ratepayers.

Find out about water supply, wastewater, how to apply for a connection, septic tanks, trade waste, stormwater and how to save water with the Smart Water campaign. Our water-related activities also help to environmentally protect water in the Waikato region.

For information about the proposal to form a three-Council CCO to manage water and wastewater, visit www.waterstudywaikato.org.nz.

In this section

Water supply

Find out more about the Waikato district's water supply including treated drinking water, water carriers and rain tanks - and how to apply for a water supply connection.
Wastewater

Find out more about wastewater and the responsibilities the Waikato District Council and residents have in relation to its management - and how to apply for a wastewater connection.
Trade waste

Find out about trade waste, what is required to gain trade waste consent and how to apply for a trade waste discharge..
Stormwater

Find out about the Waikato District Council's urban and rural stormwater networks, what we and you are responsible for, what you can do to help protect stormwater drains and what the metal fish on our draincovers mean.
Smart Water

Check what the water alert level is in the Waikato and learn more about the Smart Water campaign.
Low impact design

Our towns are growing and one of the flow on effects from that is that our day-to-day living is having greater effects on the environment we live in. Stormwater runoff is a major cause of water pollution in urban areas.