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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Structural arrangements for providing water services - Other roles of water service providers - Assessment of water services throughout district

70: Obligations in relation to completed drinking water assessment

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"What happens after a community's drinking water is checked and what the council must do next"

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When a territorial authority finishes checking a community's drinking water service, they must make the results public and give a copy to the Water Services Authority in electronic form. They have to tell the Water Services Authority about any drinking water suppliers that are not meeting their obligations under the Water Services Act 2021 or might not meet them. You need to know that the authority also has to report any other concerns from the assessment, like potential risks to the community.

The territorial authority must think about what the assessment means for their water services strategy under section 230, and for their statement of expectations under section 224 if they own part of a water organisation. They also have to consider their district plan made under the Resource Management Act 1991, and their duty to protect public health under section 23 of the Health Act 1956. The authority has to look at how the assessment affects these areas and make decisions based on the results.

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Part 2Structural arrangements for providing water services
Other roles of water service providers: Assessment of water services throughout district

70Obligations in relation to completed drinking water assessment

  1. On completing an assessment of a community’s drinking water service, a territorial authority must—

  2. make the assessment publicly available; and
    1. provide the Water Services Authority with a copy of the assessment in electronic form.

      1. A territorial authority must also notify the Water Services Authority about—

      2. any drinking water suppliers that are, or appear to be, failing to meet the supplier’s obligations under the Water Services Act 2021 or are at risk of doing so; and
        1. any other matters of concern arising from the assessment, including potential risks to communities affected by the assessment that relate to—
          1. any absence of, or deficiency in, a drinking water service; or
            1. a drinking water supplier that is at risk of ceasing to provide a service.

            2. A territorial authority must also consider the findings and implications of the assessment in relation to—

            3. the territorial authority’s water services strategy under section 230; and
              1. if the territorial authority is a shareholder in a water organisation that is a water service provider, the authority’s statement of expectations under section 224; and
                1. the territorial authority’s district plan prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991; and
                  1. the territorial authority’s broader duty to improve, promote, and protect public health within its district in accordance with section 23 of the Health Act 1956.

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