26 May 2023

Serious water infrastructure funding needed - researchers say

From Morning Report, 6:50 am on 26 May 2023
The government is proposing sweeping changes to the management of the country's drinking water, wastewater and storm water.

The government is proposing sweeping changes to the management of the country's drinking water, wastewater and storm water. Photo: CHLOE RANFORD/ LDR

A group of researchers are calling for a serious increase to water infrastructure funding if the network is to survive the intensifying impacts of climate change.

A new report assessing damage from Cyclone Gabrielle has found Aotearoa has low resilience across it's drinking and wastewater infrastructure.

Co-author of the report and Otago University researcher, Marnie Prickett spoke to Guyon Espiner.