Councillors at a formal WDC meeting on Tuesday morning unanimously voted against Government plans to amalgamate its three waters provision into a single entity across at least Northland – likely carving off the council provision of drinking, waste and stormwater into a new non-council entity in doing so. Tania Whyte/Northern Advocate Whangārei District Council's newest piece of three waters (drinking water, storm water and wastewater) infrastructure is its new $29 million Whau Valley water treatment plant. Generations of Whangārei residents have paid towards the district’s $634 million three waters infrastructure, which now has a $1.3 billion replacement value. “In the absence of information that shows our ratepayers will be better off by opting in, I do believe opting out is a better course of action,” Mai said.