Civil

Water supply & wastewater

• 🇳🇿Design Principles for Transmission Water and Wastewater Pipeline SystemsWatercare · September 2020Watercare's design principles (DP-07) for transmission water and wastewater pipeline systems — the design requirements for large trunk pipelines in the Auckland network.
• 🇳🇿Design Principles for Wastewater Pumping Stations (Watercare)Watercare · November 2021Watercare's design principles (DP-13) for wastewater pumping stations — design requirements for wet-well, hybrid and other pump-station types in the Auckland wastewater network.
• 🇳🇿Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand — User's GuideMinistry for the Environment / Ministry of Health · June 2008A plain-language guide to the Ministry of Health Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand — the multiple-barrier principle and how water suppliers manage and monitor drinking-water quality.
• 🇳🇿GD06 On-Site Wastewater Management (Auckland)Auckland Council · January 2021Auckland Council's guideline (GD06) on on-site wastewater management — the design and management of on-site (septic) wastewater systems for unsewered properties in the Auckland region.
• 🇳🇿Land Treatment of Wastewater — NZLTC Guidelines (Part 1)NZ Land Treatment Collective · 2000Part 1 (The Design Process) of the NZ Land Treatment Collective's guidelines for utilising sewage effluent on land — how to design land-treatment and disposal systems for treated wastewater.
• 🇳🇿Manual for On-Site Wastewater Design and ManagementHorizons Regional Council · April 2007Horizons Regional Council's technical manual for on-site wastewater design and management (building on ARC's TP58) — designing and managing on-site systems to protect the environment.
• 🇳🇿On-Site Wastewater Systems (Auckland Council TP58)Auckland Council · August 2004Auckland Regional Council's Technical Publication 58 (TP58) — the design and management manual for on-site wastewater treatment and land-disposal systems for domestic and similar sources.
• 🇳🇿On-Site Wastewater Treatment (Water NZ SWANZ Booklet)Water New Zealand · February 2012A Water New Zealand (SWANS special interest group) information booklet for homeowners on on-site wastewater systems — how to select and manage a septic or treatment system for an unsewered property.
• 🇳🇿Technical Guidelines for Delineating Drinking-Water Source Protection ZonesMinistry for the Environment · June 2018A Ministry for the Environment technical guideline for delineating drinking-water source protection zones — methods for mapping the catchment areas around water sources to protect them from contamination.
• 🇳🇿Wastewater Pump Station Guidance Note (Watercare)Watercare · April 2021A Watercare guidance note (fact sheet) on network wastewater pump stations — when they are needed, what to watch for when planning them, and the key design standards that apply.
• 🇳🇿Water and Wastewater Standard (Watercare ESF 500 STD 401)Watercare · October 2025A Watercare standard (DP-19) on general plant layout and equipment selection for process, instrumentation and control at water and wastewater treatment plants.
• 🇳🇿Water Efficiency (BRANZ Bulletin 657)BRANZ · December 2020A BRANZ bulletin on designing water-efficient houses — low-cost measures to cut domestic water use (and the associated energy and carbon), plus rainwater and greywater options, as droughts become more common.
• 🇳🇿Water Supply — Infrastructure Design Standard (DS-7)Tauranga City CouncilTauranga City Council's water-supply design standard (DS-7) — minimum requirements for designing potable water supply and firefighting reticulation in new development.
• 🇳🇿Water Supply Pump Station Design GuidelinesQueenstown Lakes District Council · 2025Queenstown Lakes District Council's design guidelines for water-supply pump stations — the site, design, construction and maintenance requirements for pump stations in the water-supply network.