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In late January 2023, Auckland experienced an unprecedented deluge as a summer’s worth of rain fell in a single day. The torrential downpour caused widespread flash flooding across the city, resulting in nearly $2 billion in property damage. Among the affected areas was the suburb of Wairau Valley, where floodwaters inundated a critical wastewater pump […]
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Community organisations sought for revolutionary New Zealand RainStick Shower pilot Read More »
PMG Funds building water efficiency with Watersmart Leading New Zealand commercial property fund manager, PMG Funds, has engaged Watersmart to support its drive to improve and reduce the company’s water footprint. After meeting up at the FMANZ Conference last year, PMG, which has long been a vocal leader on the planetary and commercial benefits of
PMG Funds Building Water Efficiency with Watersmart Read More »
World Water Week 25-29 August 2024 Next week is World Water Week, which is a great time to reflect on the key water issues we are facing, not only as a nation, but also around the globe. Held since 1991 in Stockholm, this year’s theme is ‘Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future’.
House of the Year People’s Choice Award We’re very excited to have Aquacomb featured in one of this year’s People’s Choice Award for House of the Year finalists. Built by Universal Homes, Aquacomb was installed in the 70sqm apartment in Northcote, and it will help its future owners save significant amounts of water. Aquacomb is
When attending a number of conferences around the country over recent weeks, the challenge of funding to enable growth kept emerging as a core topic – and within it the issues of infrastructure stress, funding and resilience. Our attention was particularly grabbed by a point made with power by noted economist Shamubeel Eaqub at the
LowCO – decentralising water infrastructure eases stress Read More »
AI technology is being used to improve public safety during the operation of automated flood barriers, such as deploying large hydraulically actuated tilting flood barriers. With an increase in flood mitigation projects, and more and more flood barriers being installed in public spaces, there have been significant design considerations around the safe operation of these
AI Feature to Improve Safety Read More »
22 April was an exciting day for a number of organisations, Watersmart included. This is because it was the day when the Fletcher Living LowCO house was officially opened by the Hon Chris Penk MP, Minister of Building and Construction who cut the ribbon at the opening, alongside Chief Executive Residential and Development Steve Evans,
Hydraloop and Aquacomb feature as LowCO house officially opened Read More »
‘Victory for common sense’ after 18-month process: water tank not a fire risk to neighbouring properties A determination just released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has clarified that a water tank proposed for a section in a Housing New Zealand development in Auckland’s Henderson is not a fire risk to neighbouring properties. The
Relief as MBIE determines water tank is not a fire risk Read More »
After recently publishing new flood risk rules, Auckland Council has put up a Step-By-Step Guide To A Flood Risk Assessment for homeowners to help to assess flood risk and the ratings. The guide (and accompanying videos) take homeowners through a number of steps to help them get their home categorised under the rules, before saying
Watersmart can help Category 2P flood risk homeowners Read More »
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