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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

141: Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

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"Checking how well water and wastewater systems protect the environment"

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The Water Services Authority must check and report on how well networks and network operators are doing in terms of the environment. You can think of networks as the systems that supply you with drinking water and take away wastewater and stormwater. The Authority must do this to be transparent about how well networks are performing and if they are meeting standards. The Authority's monitoring and reporting will help compare how different networks are doing. This includes drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater networks. It will also help identify good practices and risks related to network performance. The Water Services Authority will use this information to provide advice and guidance on the best ways to design, manage, and operate networks. This will help networks avoid harming the environment and fix any problems that do occur. You can find more information about changes to this provision in the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

141Monitoring and reporting on environmental performance of networks

  1. The Water Services Authority must monitor and report in accordance with this subpart on the environmental performance of networks and network operators for the purposes of—

  2. providing transparency about—
    1. the environmental performance of networks and network operators; and
      1. the extent to which networks are complying with applicable standards, conditions, or requirements (whether under legislation or as part of a resource consent); and
        1. the extent to which network operators are avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects on the environment arising from the operation of networks; and
        2. enabling comparisons to be made between the performance of different drinking water networks and drinking water network operators; and
          1. enabling comparisons to be made between the performance of different wastewater networks and wastewater network operators; and
            1. enabling comparisons to be made between the performance of different stormwater networks and stormwater network operators; and
              1. enabling the identification of, and development of advice and guidance on,—
                1. best practices that relate to the design, management, and operation of networks; and
                  1. risks and issues that relate to performance and practice.

                  Notes
                  • Section 141: amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).