At Council, we are continuing to consult and engage on Local Water Done Well and seeking your thoughts on joining with Wairarapa Councils to create a new water organisation that is bigger and more focussed, or continue with our current approach that we expect will cost more in the long-run for our customers and ratepayers.

Successive Governments have been trying to improve how local councils deliver water services. The current system is facing higher costs to manage and deliver new service levels, replace old infrastructure, and increase capacity for population growth. Weather events are also becoming more intense, making it harder for the existing infrastructure to cope. Expectations are increasing, and affordability issues are making the case for change.

Engagement so far has been slow and we would like to see and hear more from you on this significant change to how we fund, deliver and charge for water services.