Water Services Act 2021

Provisions relating to supply of drinking water - Source water

43A: Source water risk management plans: additional provisions for water service providers

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"Rules to keep drinking water safe"

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You need to know what a source water risk management plan is. It is a plan that a drinking water supplier who is also a water service provider must have. This plan must include a description of land around a source of drinking water. You should look at what the plan includes. It includes land that surrounds a drinking water source or a groundwater catchment. The plan can also include land that the water service provider owns or has control over. The plan can propose rules to manage risks to drinking water. These rules can restrict access to the land or what activities can be done there. They can also restrict the use or contamination of water in the area, as described in section 43.

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Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Source water

43ASource water risk management plans: additional provisions for water service providers

  1. The source water risk management plan of a drinking water supplier that is also a water service provider must, in addition to complying with section 43, include a description of land—

  2. that surrounds a source of a drinking water supply; or
    1. that is—
      1. a groundwater catchment from which drinking water is sourced; and
        1. land that the water service provider owns, has long-term control over, or has agreed with the land owner will be included in the plan.
        2. The source water risk management plan of a drinking water supplier that is also a water service provider may, for the purpose of managing risks to drinking water from a source described in subsection (1), include—

        3. if the water service provider is a territorial authority, a proposal that the territorial authority make a water services bylaw; or
          1. if the water service provider is a water organisation, a recommendation that the relevant territorial authority in relation to the land make a water services bylaw.
            1. A proposal or recommendation made under subsection (2) may be for a water services bylaw that restricts, imposes requirements on, or prohibits 1 or more of the following in the land described under subsection (1):

            2. access to the controlled drinking water catchment area:
              1. activities that may be undertaken in the controlled drinking water catchment area:
                1. the use or contamination of water in the controlled drinking water catchment area.
                  Notes
                  • Section 43A: inserted, on , by section 135 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).