Source: Radio New Zealand
Southern Waters will kick in from July next year. 123rf
The Waitaki District Council has been welcomed back into the Southern Waters partnership it abandoned last year.
The council announced its plans to team up with Central Otago, Clutha and Gore district councils again to deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services after the Department of Internal Affairs rejected its in-house water services plan.
On Wednesday, the Clutha District Council approved the Waitaki’s return – the last of the partnership to sign off the addition.
Mayor Jock Martin said it made sense for southern district councils to be in this together.
“There’s a real opportunity to share expertise and develop longer-term strategies as the different entities invest in better infrastructure,” he said.
The next step will be for the Waitaki District Council to consider and adopt the partnership paperwork later this month.
If the council agrees to adopt the documents, it will become the fourth shareholding council in the partnership less than a year after backing out.
Southern Waters will kick in from July next year.
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