Water metering to be introduced to Renwick this summer

Water meters are a step closer for Renwick now that Council’s Assets and Services Committee has approved their installation and a tariff structure.

Council’s maintenance and operations manager Stephen Rooney says approximately 100 households across the township will be invited to volunteer to have their properties metered in the coming summer – and that data will then be shared with the community to show how the meters will work.

“There will be anonymity for the participants but it will enable everyone to see current water demand and assess what effect the metering will have and how the costs will fall on different sized households,” he said.

Rural councillors Cynthia Brooks and Gerald Hope said they were satisfied that the Renwick community had been kept well informed on the water issues and that the plans for water meters were widely understood.

It’s expected it would take at least a year to install meters to every property throughout the township.

The cost of installing the meters is covered by the Council’s budget for the Renwick Water Supply upgrading.

Council’s Assets manager Richard Coningham says a meeting will now be organised with Havelock residents to outline the progress that has been made in Renwick and to discuss how metering could work for their community.

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