Jacinda Ardern unveils multibillion-dollar funding to fix New Zealand’s water crisis
by Eva Corlett in Wellington from Environment | The Guardian on (#5M76Q)
Prime minister offers funding in bid to centralise how country deals with storm, drinking and wastewater but plan has already met opposition
New Zealand has ringfenced $2.5bn to ease financial pressures on councils as they deal with a controversial shake-up of the water industry.
With $1.5bn already allocated to the Three Waters Reform program, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that councils would be given $500m to cushion extra costs and another $2bn for future investment.
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