Water Services

Whakatāne District Council provides three crucial water services to the District: water, wastewater, and stormwater.

Water comes from your tap, shower, and so on. The Council manages a number of water treatment plants and also maintains, upgrades and renews the water network.

Wastewater is the liquid which drains from showers, sinks, washing machines, baths, toilets, and industrial premises. Wastewater is 99.9 percent water and contains less than 0.1 percent other materials.

Stormwater is the water that runs off surfaces such as roads, driveways, footpaths and rooftops. It travels down gutters, into sumps and enters the stormwater network.

Spatial information on water services throughout the District is available via our Online Maps.

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Whakatāne District Council manages and maintains the water network that supplies water to homes and businesses in most parts of the District.

Whakatāne District Council owns, operates and maintains several wastewater schemes (Whakatāne urban, Ōhope, Edgecumbe, Murupara, Tāneatua and Te Mahoe) which provide for the health and safety of the community and our environment.

Whakatāne District Council manages five stormwater networks at Whakatāne town, Ōhope, Edgecumbe, Matatā and Tāneatua.

Find out more about the Government's proposal to establish four publicly-owned entities to take responsibility for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure across New Zealand.