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Overview of the plan
This plan sets out how Auckland Council will deliver stormwater services for the region.
This plan works together with the council’s Long-term Plan 2024-2034 (10-year budget). It gives more detail about how the council will provide the stormwater services included in the long-term plan.
Background to the plan
We prepared this plan to meet the requirements of the government's Local Water Done Well reform. This reform requires all councils to explain how they will deliver sustainable water services.
Auckland Council’s Governing Body decided on 2 May 2024 that the council would keep managing Auckland’s stormwater services. The delivery plan for how council will do that was approved on 29 July 2025.
The plan also had to be approved by the central government. The government gave its approval on 3 November 2025.
What the plan aims to do
The plan sets out how the council will make sure that:
- stormwater systems are resilient, reliable and cost effective
- Tāmaki Makaurau and its communities have stormwater services that will continue to adapt to climate change
- stormwater services can support housing growth and urban development
- we manage the impact of stormwater on water quality and local ecosystems to keep our waterways and harbours healthy.
The plan explains how we will carry this out across Auckland’s large stormwater network. The network covers 80,000 km including:
- 7000 km of pipes
- 180,000 manholes
- around 700 stormwater ponds
- 14,000 km of natural waterways.
Who will carry out the plan
Our Healthy Waters and Flood Resilience Department delivers stormwater services in Auckland.