Aucklanders – and Auckland Council – have an important role to play in
improving and protecting our water quality.
Auckland’s water services are managed by two council groups. Watercare, a council-controlled organisation, looks after our drinking water and wastewater, and Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters Department manages Auckland’s public stormwater infrastructure and improvements to waterways.
Watercare and Healthy Waters have dozens of projects underway at any one time. Here are just a few that have been completed recently.
Wynyard Quarter wastewater upgrade: $23m
Purpose: to cater for growth and replace ageing infrastructure
Completed: June 2018
Delivered by: Watercare
Fred Thomas Drive wastewater pump station: $30m
Purpose: increase capacity of the local wastewater network
Completed: December 2017
Delivered by: Watercare
Takitimu Street stormwater upgrade: $1.7m
Purpose: stormwater upgrade and separation for Bastion Point Special Housing Area.
Completed: May 2018
Delivered by: Healthy Waters
Clark Street culvert upgrade: $6m
Purpose: reduce flooding
Completed: May 2018 (Rewarewa stream and pocket park still underway) Delivered by: Healthy Waters
Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades: $162m
Purpose: increase treatment capacity and accommodate growth.
Completed: April 2018
Delivered by: Watercare
Takanini Growth Programme
Purpose: reduce flooding in flood-prone areas in Takanini to enable more homes to be built.
The project is delivered by Healthy Waters and has three parts:
- Awakeri wetlands (approx. $45m): A 2.1km channel will form as a natural stream and wetland surrounded by recreation areas. Due for completion June 2019.
- Artillery Drive stormwater tunnel ($26m): Decreases flooding upstream of the McLennan ponds and enables residential development of the Takanini Greenfield Area. Completed: December 2017.
- Grove Road box culvert ($17m): A large new stormwater culvert to enable growth in a special housing area. Completed: July 2018.
