The report will outline the long term financial and non-financial savings and costs, levels of service, resilience and sustainability, and capability involved with any shared water entity.
Kawerau Mayor Faylene Tunui said it was a chance to continue talks on water services between the neighbouring councils.
“We are now bringing together financial and drinking and wastewater asset information for all four councils as part of the investigations into what a shared water services entity could look like and whether it would deliver savings for our respective communities,” Tunui said.
“What was reiterated by the four councils is that this is an investigation, not a decision. We are committed to keeping everyone up-to-date and will continue to have more in-depth conversations with our communities and iwi partners over the coming months.”
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