Informative alert

Have your say on proposed updates to the Drinking Water Quality Assurance Rules

We’re consulting on proposed changes to the Drinking Water Quality Assurance Rules to make compliance clearer and easier to follow for large supplies (those serving 501 or more people), while maintaining strong public health protections. Find out more and have your say on our consultation site. https://korero.taumataarowai.govt.nz/regulatory/rules-review-large-supplies/

Who supplies your drinking water?

View our public registers of drinking water suppliers, wastewater networks and stormwater networks in New Zealand.

Public register of drinking water supplies

You can search and find the drinking water supplies in your local area in our public register.

Some drinking water supplies are not required to register until 2028 and may not yet appear on the register. 

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Safe water every day for everyone

Discover what might be in your drinking water and the laws and regulations in place to keep the water safe.

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Public register of wastewater networks

Our public register of wastewater networks includes information on wastewater networks operated by councils, council-controlled organisations, or their subsidiaries.  

It also includes networks operated by government departments and the New Zealand Defence Force. 

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Public register of stormwater networks

Our public register of stormwater networks includes a limited range of information on urban stormwater networks operated by councils, council-controlled organisations or their subsidiaries and networks operated by government departments and the New Zealand Defence Force.

Ministry of Health public register of drinking water supplies (up to 2021)

The public register of drinking water supplies formerly maintained by the Ministry of Health was transferred to us when we became the water services regulator on 15 November 2021. This register will no longer be updated but you can still view it here.