Water Act 2000

A constructing authority or water service provider may take water to operate public showers or toilets.

A constructing authority may take water to construct or maintain infrastructure if—

the construction or maintenance is lawful; and

taking water for that purpose is prescribed by regulation; and

the constructing authority complies with the following conditions—

those prescribed by regulation;

those fixed by the chief executive, by notice given to the constructing authority, about taking water.

The conditions may do all or any of the following—

limit the volume of water the constructing authority may take in a year;

limit the volume of water the constructing authority may take from a particular source at a particular location during a stated period;

require the constructing authority to give the chief executive notice of the constructing authority’s intention to take water from a particular source;

require the constructing authority to take the water only in conjunction with the use of a measurement device of a type approved by the chief executive;

require the constructing authority to give a written report to the chief executive about stated matters for the water taken;Examples of matters about which a report may be required—

require the constructing authority to obtain written approval from the operator of a water supply scheme before taking water managed under an interim resource operations licence, resource operations licence or distribution operations licence.