He said he’d worked closely with local government leaders over the past few months to find ways to progress the “long overdue water infrastructure reforms”. Extending the number of publicly owned water entities to 10 will give every district council representation over their local water services entities. Its main responsibility would be appointing a professional board to independently govern each of the water services entities. “Fundamentally, it’s about water infrastructure and it’s about making sure that we’re dealing with the country’s water infrastructure deficit. Let’s call it what it is; it’s about making sure we have affordable water infrastructure improvements.”“There is a massive bill coming down the pipeline, if you’ll excuse the pun, in terms of upgrading our water infrastructure.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 13, 2023 03:46 UTC