Riki Springs - source of Raglan's water supply - Image John Lawson
Data just released by Waikato District Council shows that water usage in Raglan is declining. Although water usage was running at over 2000 cubic metres a day during January, it had dropped down to as low as 1523 cubic metres a day in early February. Even so Council is still keeping the water restrictions in place at Level One with domestic sprinkler systems permitted between 6am-8am and 6pm-8pm only.
Raglan water usage:
| Date | Raglan |
| Mon 30 Jan | 1999 |
| Tues 31 Jan | 1817 |
| Wed 1 Feb | 1711 |
| Thurs 2 Feb | 1523 |
| Fri 3 Feb | 1649 |
| Sat 4 Feb | 1705 |
| Sun 5 Feb | 1990 |
Please note that volumes are given in m3 (1m3 = 1000 litres)
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Thanks Richard. In Raglan’s case we need some way to have casual users who are here just a few weeks a year, to pay for the cost of the water infrastructure, which is driven by peak usage. What would probably be fairer here is base fee that entitles people to so many litres and then a usage fee that kicks in when that usage threshold is passed.
The Pokeno and Tuakau schemes have a step up charge starting at 200m3/year.
The rest of the meters in the district have a small fixed rate and remainder by meter consumption but without a step.
We don’t propose a minimum charge at this time, but council will review water charges in 2014.
There is always a tension between encouraging water conservation by charges, versus recovering the fixed costs of having a water supply scheme.
Re water meters: will there be an allocation of water supplied per connection before overuse of water is charged via meters?
I’m getting the bowling club water supply checked.
Rodger, it could be that our education programme, upcoming metering (and a wet summer) is impacting positively on water use!
Just wondering does the bowling club have their own water supply?
They still seem to be flooding the greens
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