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A new $145 million Watercare water treatment plant in Tuakau will from tomorrow provide Auckland with up to 50 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River. The facility is part of a $224m package approved by the Auckland Council last year to boost the city's water supply as part of its drought recovery response. An aerial shot of Watercare's new Tuakau water treatment plant. Photo: Supplied via LDR The Watercare project was delivered in collaboration with Beca, Fletcher Construction and Fulton Hogan. It includes a new temporary water treatment plant and a pipeline from the Waikato R...

Watercare chief executive Jon Lamonte said the new plant will provide a safety net for the city in case the weather is drier than forecasters predict. “At the moment, forecasters are predicting a normally-wet winter and a slightly drier-than-normal spring. Our Waikato ‘A’ plant provides a bit of extra security in the event the weather turns out to be much drier than predicted over a prolonged period,” Lamonte said. “The Waikato ‘A’ plant has been on our agenda for more than a decade – part of our plan to meet Auckland’s growing population – but we’ve brought the first...

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An internal document revealed the project cost Fletcher $411m, despite a $261m contract.

MIQ spaces for skilled workers: Dairy farmers' request turned down © RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Federated Farmers is disappointed dairy farm workers were not included in the plan to use empty managed isolation (MIQ) rooms to get more skilled and critical workers into the country. About 500 spaces - made available because of the trans-Tasman bubble - will be used every fortnight for construction workers, fruit-pickers, international students and refugees. "Over the next 10 months, thousands of skilled and critical workers will be allocated spaces in MIQ to help provide a boost to key sectors...