Revealed: Auckland s worst beaches for swimming
Mission Bay, pictured, is regularly unsafe for swimming because of sewage overflow. Photo/ Dean Purcell
Revealed: Auckland s worst beaches for swimming Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 1:17PM
Auckland s worst beaches have been ranked in damning new data as a $106 million rates rise to clean up sewage from them is being fast-tracked by politicians.
A push to raise Auckland s water quality targeted rate (WQTR) by up to 5 per cent every year for the next decade would mean by 2030/31 the average residential property would be paying $94 to fix the city s legacy sewerage system.
The average business would be paying $435 in water quality rates in a decade s time.
Auckland s worst beaches: Urgent rates rise required, worst-polluted sites ranked
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Hobson Bay, in inner Auckland, has a permanent warning sign because of sewage in the water, making it unsafe for swimming. Photo / File
Hobson Bay, in inner Auckland, has a permanent warning sign because of sewage in the water, making it unsafe for swimming. Photo / File
Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1
Auckland s worst beaches have been ranked in damning new data as a $106 million rates rise to clean up sewage from them is being fast-tracked by politicians.