Mike Reid writes on council control of water services and options for the future.

Meridian Energy and DOC have filed a joint memorandum in the Environment Court requesting the appeals relating to the Mokihinui hydro proposal be put on hold.

Water supply to Howick and Bucklands Beach areas should be back to normal today after a valve failure.

A break in a water main has left thousands of people without water across east Auckland since earlier this morning.

I mentioned the other week about how “sick and tired” I was for paying so many rates and having, what I feel, is a fairly average service in return.

Margaret Devlin, a professional director, writes on water providers, monopolies and necessary controls.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan can't believe Aucklanders are being asked to conserve water.

A lack of rainfall could see Auckland's water storage lakes fall to 50 percent by the end of May.

A West Coast iwi has defended its decision to accept money from Meridian Energy for advice on the effects of a $300 million hydro dam.

Meridian Energy paid money to the local West Coast iwi after the iwi changed its position on a $300 million hydro dam.

Mayor Pat McManus says there's no shortage of water on the West Coast and the 'silent majority' of locals support the proposed Mokihinui dam.

Forecasters and frustrated farmers say short bursts of heavy showers yesterday will do little to break droughts.

Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.

Up to 20 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of suffering early deaths because of arsenic poisoning - the legacy of a well-intentioned but ill-planned water project.