Submissions closed
Thank you to everyone who shared ideas for managing recovered water from the upgraded Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant via Participate Rotorua.
The Recovered Water Management Solution Working Group will now review all submissions and provide initial assessments to Council on which options should be considered for further investigation.
The Recovered Water Management Solution Working Group invited potential solutions for the management of recovered water from the upgraded Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The Working Group has been established to assess options and recommend to Rotorua Lakes Council a sustainable, culturally appropriate and environmentally sound solution.
A structured decision-making framework will be applied to review ideas from the community, Te Arawa entities, environmental groups, and interested parties and recommend options that should be further investigated.
💬Follow-up and feedback
Initial review ✅
Your submission will be assessed by the Recovered Water Working Group who will confirm whether the option meets Stage 1 criteria (technical feasibility, compliance, budget alignment).
Feedback provided 💬
Submitters will receive a brief summary of the assessment outcome, including strengths and any areas requiring further detail.
Next steps 👟
Options that the Working Group deem meet all Stage 1 criteria will be presented to Council for approval to proceed to Stage 2.
Transparency 🔎
A record of submissions and outcomes will be shared with the Working Group to ensure openness and transparency.
📝Stage 1 submission form (closed)
📝 Decision-making framework
A structured evaluation framework—Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)—is being applied to ensure rigour and transparency in decision-making.
The framework is structured in two stages
Solutions must meet all Stage 1 criteria (below) to proceed.
• Technical feasibility.
• Legal and regulatory compliance.
• Fits within Council’s Long Term Plan allocated budget or less.
The working group will assist the project team in defining the scope of investigations and will receive monthly updates. Once sufficient information is gathered, the group will initiate the Stage 1 analysis.
The results will be presented to Council for approval to proceed to Stage 2.
Solutions that pass Stage 1 will undergo detailed investigation and reporting. The working group will then conduct a values-based assessment using approved weightings outlined below:
Stage 2 Values | Relative weighting |
a) Relationship with mana whenua | 10 |
b) Community acceptance and support | 10 |
c) Environmental outcomes (Te Mauri O Te Wai/Health of Water alignment), | 10 |
d) Total lifecycle cost | 35 |
e) Implementation risk | 35 |
TOTAL | 100 |
