Providing clean drinking water, developing and maintaining our stormwater and flood protection networks, and improving wastewater treatment facilities will be prioritised with $2.74 billion of funding over the next 10 years.
Drinking water supply
Ensuring everyone has access to safe drinking water is essential for the health and wellbeing of the community. In the next 30 years we need to keep protecting our drinking water supply by upgrading and renewing infrastructure and extending the network to supply water to new developments. We propose spending $873 million over the coming 10 years, including:
Stormwater and flood protection
We’ll also be maintaining and improving our stormwater and drainage networks, such as open drains, pipes, pump stations, stopbanks and detention basins. Having good systems in place is vital to protect infrastructure, property and the natural environment, including waterway ecosystems. We propose spending $912 million on infrastructure over the next 10 years, including:
Wastewater
A healthy city needs a well-functioning wastewater network, and it’s our job to treat and safely discharge wastewater. We propose spending $964 million over 10 years on wastewater infrastructure, including:
We’re asking for feedback on these proposals. Visit ccc.govt.nz/longtermplan to have your say.