Discover Auckland’s network capacity locations:

This map illustrates the areas where our water and wastewater systems and treatment facilities can accommodate additional housing. This map also indicates those area where capacity is limited.
We are preparing initiatives to improve or enhance the infrastructure in limited capacity areas. The table beside the map displays the timelines for these projects.

When we took over the region’s water and wastewater services, we were met with certain geographical limitations in a few regions. We don’t plan on expanding network capacity in these regions.

Evaluating Map:

We evaluate each application separately; water or wastewater limitations do not necessarily imply no connections for you. The location of the development, the size, timing, and the anticipated demand for our services all affect the feasibility of your connection.

Before beginning your project, please send an email to ( email ). If you are thinking about developing in a region with wastewater or water restrictions, our help would ease your worries. Our staff will assist you in determining if your project would be affected by any of regulatory compliances.

The capacity at the town or suburb level is the main aspect of the map. Due to obstructions in nearby water or wastewater lines, some streets in Auckland may be restricted. As part of your resource consent procedure, we advise you to evaluate the effects of the development you have in mind. It could be necessary to improve the local network if a network limitation is found. To learn about the important phases in the resource consent process, visit our page.

GIS Map:

This map would be updated very often. So, please utilize our GIS maps to zoom in on locations with network limits, even if this map provides a general picture of our network capacity. In GIS, choose “planning areas” after selecting “layers list.”

How we encourage Auckland’s development

Auckland’s population is expected to increase by 13% over the next ten years, or 215,000 more people than the 1.75 million currently.

Our asset management strategy is in line with the Future Development Strategy of Auckland Council. By doing this, we make sure that we are making the necessary investments at the right times to support projected growth.

We plan to spend a hefty amount in new and improved water and wastewater infrastructure for Auckland during the 2025 fiscal year. This is one of $13.7 billion in investments that will be made over the next ten years, of which $6.8 billion will go toward growth-promoting initiatives.

Introduction

In our day-to-day lives, all of us normally wake up fresh out of bed, brush our teeth, take a bath, eat our breakfast, wash the dishes, water our plants, and so much more. Well, have you ever noticed that most of what we do every day requires the use of water?

Are you aware of the fact that every time you turn on the faucet, the water you most likely use will go down the drain to somewhere most of us don’t even know anything about? We just wash our hands, look at the water drain, and turn it off.

How Drainage Works

The process of draining water is way more complicated than you think. The water runs down a hole, into small house pipes, into bigger council pipes, for many kilometers to then arrive at its destination.

In most cases, not everyone knows the difference between sewage and sewerage. Is it the same thing or two completely different things. Today, we are going to look at what those two words really mean, as a learning matter and something that may benefit anyone searching for a definition.

What Is Sewage (the poo)?

Before the 20th century, sewage was usually discharged into a body of water such as a stream, river, lake, bay, or ocean. There was no treatment, so the breakdown of the human waste was left to the ecosystem. Now, the word “sewage” refers to liquids or waste matter usually carried off by sewers.

In the modern world, the word sewage is slowly being replaced by the word “waste water,” also meaning that any water that has been affected by human use, making these two words similar in the way that in the end, we humans produce waste that is to be carried out by any means of transportation, such as sinks, tubs, showers, dishwashers, clothes washers, toilets, pipes, etc.

It can be also referred to as domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical and toxic constituents, and its bacteriologic status.

Sewage usually travels from a building’s plumbing either into a sewer, which will carry it elsewhere, or into an onsite sewage facility. Whether it is combined with surface runoff in the sewer depends on the sewer design.

The reality is that most wastewater produced globally remains untreated causing widespread water pollution, especially in low-income countries. As well as many developing countries the bulk of domestic and industrial wastewater is discharged without any treatment or after primary treatment. It may not seem like it, whether or not these are good for the environment or not, but once you see the fuller picture of how much the sewage actually helps us in our day to day lives, it makes a huge difference.

What Is Sewerage (what carries the poo)?

On the other hand, the word “sewerage” refers to the provision of drainage by sewers. Sewerage is an infrastructure that transports sewage, like storm water, meltwater, rainwater, by using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and screening chambers of the combined sewer or sanitary sewer.

Sewerage opens an entry to a sewage treatment plant or at the nearest point of discharge into the environment. It is a system of pipes, chambers, manholes, etc. that holds the sewage from the waste makers above.

In American colloquial English, “sewer system” is applied more frequently to the large infrastructure of sewers that British speakers more often refer to as “sewerage”. Almost all the countries of the world have sewerages, but this does not mean that they are the best of ones.

Countries like New Zealand, Venice, and Amsterdam have a great sewerage, and on the spectrum, we also have countries like Bangladesh, India, and other third world countries that need help in making better sewerage’s for their citizens.

Conclusion

To sum things up, these two work hand in hand. One cannot work without the other and vice versa. A sewage is a part of a sewerage and a sewerage is a part of a sewage.

The simplest way to explain the two different words is this – sewage is the waste that is produced by people while sewerage is the structure that holds the sewage within its “stomach.” In the end, it is only us humans and the rain that uses these systems, and we need to make sure that these two things will be used correctly in our lives, making sure to clean the area properly, separating water-type waste and solid-type waste, so that it – the waste water – would be easier to recycle.

At Drainage NZ, we help you with your sewer and sewerage needs. We have over 20 years of drainage experience! We are experienced, qualified, and have all the toys to do anything that relates to drainage in New Zealand.