About the Anakiwa Bay Water Supply Association

The Anakiwa Bay Water Supply Association is one of two water schemes serving the bayside community of Anakiwa (see map) in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds. Established over 25 years ago and community maintained, the scheme draws water from a stream in the hills behind ‘The Oaks’ farm and distributes it to thirty frontage sections extending from the Outward Bound boathouse to Boundary Gate corner. The scheme has proved extremally reliable over the years and has resource consent from the Marlborough District Council to draw up to 60 cubic metres of water per day although actual usage has generally averaged less than half that amount.

Owners of any of the served sections are entitled to membership in the Association and a single vote at the Association's Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is generally held over the Easter weekend. Maintenance and upgrades are paid for by annual subscriptions which are reviewed annually at the AGM.

Association Committee

The Association Committee for 2010-11 consists of the following residents. You may send any officer an email by clicking on their name.

Latest News

AGM

Our 2012 AGM will be held at Outward Bound on 20 May 2012 not 19 May as indicated in some correspondence
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May-2011: Tank Cleaning

A working group cleaned the main storage tanks near the scheme intake. Normal sediment deposits were noted and tanks remain in serviceable condition.
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Dec-2010: Storm Damage

The heavy rains and flooding just after Christmas resulted in a significant slip that broke the supply line to the Gasteiger property. The resulting pressure drop prevented water reaching those houses up the hill from the Gasteiger property. Once the fault was located, repairs were made and the pressure returned to normal. The heavy rains also resulted in the intake being ‘graveled’ over twice requiring cleanup and replacing of stone leading into the intake.
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July-2010: Annual Subs

Invoices for annual subs were sent out to all property owners. These included subs for the 2009/10 financial year as well as 2010/11 since no invoices were sent out the previous year.

Permanent Links

Interesting Link

Check out this very interesting link from Princeton University about the state of the world's water supply and the quality of New Zealand's water.

Anakiwa Map

A Google Map of Anakiwa and the surrounding area may be displayed with the following link.
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Association Constitution

A copy of the Association's constitution in pdf format may be downloaded with the following link.
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