Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann, in the statement, said the review of Gisborne\u2019s water plan was \u201crigorous and comprehensive\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that our plan was accepted without amendment is a credit to the extensive work and collaboration that went into its preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the assessment involved senior representatives from the Commerce Commission, Local Government Funding Agency, National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited, and the new Water Services Authority.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the council is now focused on establishing the internal business unit by July 2027, with financial sustainability targets to be achieved by June 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The plan] provides for $214 million in investment over the decade, renewal of nearly 50 kilometres of underground mains and the creation of a dedicated Water Services Committee to support ongoing partnership with mana whenua.\u201d<\/p>\n
The proposal is based on the council\u2019s current investment programme and baseline assumptions.<\/p>\n
It will be superseded in time by the Water Services Strategy and the 2027\u20132037 Long Term Plan, the plan states.<\/p>\n
Gisborne\u2019s urban population on the reticulated water system is forecast to grow from 36,232 in 2025 to 40,483 by 2053.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis growth, concentrated within the serviced area, will require a step change in infrastructure capacity, renewal of ageing assets and compliance with increasingly stringent environmental and drinking water standards.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the plan, financial modelling is based on planned investment over at least 10 consecutive years, and maintaining the current Level of Service commitments.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the modelling expects that the council\u2019s in-house services \u201cwill transition customers charged based on capital value to a combination of volumetric and\/or fixed charges within a five-year period commencing 1 July 2027\u2033.<\/p>\n
\u201cA review of all pricing, including a price harmonisation pathway, will begin from the same date. Changes will be introduced through a phased approach.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plan states that although the network is \u201cgenerally in sound condition\u201d, renewal backlogs must be addressed, especially in water and wastewater.<\/p>\n
\u201cCyclone Gabrielle exposed critical vulnerabilities across the district, with several areas requiring urgent investment to restore previous service levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additionally, water storage capacity also remains a key risk during emergency events, the plan states.<\/p>\n
Cyclone Gabrielle<\/a> broke Gisborne\u2019s main water supply pipe in 10 places, creating a water supply crisis for nearly two months.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann, in the statement, said the review of Gisborne\u2019s water plan was \u201crigorous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[12796,15385,1558,273,19134,6276,89786,266,8482,101215,10934,2683,111,139,69,2170,101216,312,147,1321,21694,101217,30279,376],"class_list":["post-151720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-approval","tag-approved","tag-been","tag-environment","tag-forward","tag-gets","tag-gisbornes","tag-government","tag-huge","tag-inhouse","tag-mayor","tag-move","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-plan","tag-rehette","tag-says","tag-science","tag-services","tag-step","tag-stoltz","tag-tairwhiti","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}