Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Source water
43ASource water risk management plans: additional provisions for water service providers
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—
- that surrounds a source of a drinking water supply; or
- that is—
- a groundwater catchment from which drinking water is sourced; and
- 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.
- a groundwater catchment from which drinking water is sourced; and
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—
- if the water service provider is a territorial authority, a proposal that the territorial authority make a water services bylaw; or
- 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.
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):
- access to the controlled drinking water catchment area:
- activities that may be undertaken in the controlled drinking water catchment area:
- 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).


