Story: Sewage, water and waste

More links and websites

• Drinking water for New Zealand

  The grading system for drinking water supplies explained.

• Drinking-water in New Zealand

  The Ministry of Health’s information on drinking water.

• History of the sewerage network

  Wellington’s sewerage network history.

• History of wastewater treatment plant

  Napier’s sewerage history.

• History of water network

  Wellington’s water network history.

More suggestions and sources

• Bush, G. W. A. Decently and in order: the government of the City of Auckland, 1840–1971: the centennial history of the Auckland City Council. Auckland: Collins, 1971.

• Bush, Graham. Moving against the tide: the Brown's Island drainage controversy. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 1980.

• Wilson, John. Christchurch swamp to city: a short history of the Christchurch Drainage Board, 1875–1989. Christchurch: Te Waihora Press for the Christchurch Drainage Board, 1989.

• Wood, Pamela. Dirt: filth and decay in a new world arcadia. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2005.

• Yska, Redmer. Wellington: biography of a city. Auckland: Reed, 2006.