Water Supply
Council sources treat and distribute water at a number of different sites throughout the district. The extent of treatment and quantity of water supplied varies between schemes. There are 21 water supply schemes in total throughout the district. Ten are located in Taupo/Kaingaroa, six in Turangi/Tongariro and five in Mangakino/Pouakani.
Due to changes in legislation and a requirement to meet the NZ Drinking Water Standards, it is necessary for Taupo township to upgrade its water supply. Council has committed significant budgets for this work to be carried out that will include changes to the network reticulation, reservoir storage, treatment process and lake intakes.
All other townships around the lake will require water treatment upgrades over the next 5 years. They have a longer time period before compliance is required, based on smaller population numbers.