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32 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 4 <strong>2021</strong><br />
SELWYN RURAL LIFE<br />
Tight as a drum and pretty cheap too<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> has some of the cheapest water<br />
in New Zealand and among the least leaky<br />
networks in the country, a new report<br />
shows.<br />
The district had the cheapest volumetric<br />
water charge in Aotearoa in 2019/20 and<br />
among the lowest overall charges for 200m3<br />
of water according to the latest Water New<br />
Zealand National Performance Report.<br />
The annual report is compiled by Water<br />
New Zealand, an independent not-forprofit<br />
organisation representing water<br />
professionals and organisations.<br />
The report showed the district’s<br />
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on average and among the lowest rate of<br />
overflows per capita in the country. <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
was also among the councils with the<br />
fewest wastewater complaints. The district’s<br />
annual wastewater rate was above the<br />
national average, which has helped support<br />
investment in the system.<br />
The report also showed <strong>Selwyn</strong> has<br />
some of the highest water usage in the<br />
country at around 498 litres per person<br />
per day. <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council (DDC)<br />
Infrastructure Group Manager Murray<br />
Washington said the council was working<br />
to encourage users to think<br />
more carefully and be<br />
intentional around water<br />
use, aiming for continuous<br />
improvement in water usage<br />
across the district in coming<br />
years.<br />
SDC had agreed to put<br />
more emphasis on volumetric<br />
charges in coming years,<br />
giving ratepayers more control<br />
over their water bills and<br />
offering a financial incentive<br />
for reducing water wastage.<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> was slightly above<br />
the average for unplanned<br />
water supply interruptions. The<br />
majority were on rural restricted<br />
water schemes, where SDSC<br />
was working on extra storage<br />
to improve reliability in coming<br />
years, he said.<br />
It was good to see how the<br />
district’s systems measure up, he<br />
said. “We’ve put a lot of investment<br />
into our water and wastewater<br />
network in the past few years and<br />
it’s good to see that reflected in the<br />
results, along with some things for<br />
us to keep working on to maintain<br />
an excellent water and wastewater<br />
system for <strong>Selwyn</strong>.”<br />
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