The Cook Report
In
February
2009, Wellingtonian Frank Cook sent a report to Wellington City Council
detailing perceived inaccuracies in Council figures around water usage
that appeared in Council documents and public media. WCC wrote back
agreeing they'd got it wrong. The figures have wildly inflated water
use by Wellington residents and have been used alongside pro-metering
comments. WCC haven't informed the public about their numerous mistakes
and are still making more. In the Council's long term
community
plan residential use of water is put at 350 litres per person per day,
while the WCC reponse to the Cook letter estimated it at 230 litres per
person per day.
Correspondence
Frank Cook's Report to Wellington City
Council, February 2009 [word]
Wellington City Council
reponse, 13 March 2009, IRO-621 [pdf]
Related documents
Environmental
Wellbeing section of Planning
for the Future -
Developing the Long Term Council Community Plan /
Wellington City Council, December 2008
[pdf]
Calls
to talk about metering Wellington’s water Dominion Post,
27 November 2008
Quality
of Life '07
[pdf 4.2 MB]
Right to Water Press
Release, 26 March 2009
Council
admits to misleading public on water [word]
Media coverage
Council's
water-use figures discredited, The Wellingtonian, 8 April 2009
WCC accused of distorting water data
to promote metering [Audio 3′06″], Morning Report, Radio NZ,
30 March 2009
Wellington
Council accused of overstating water use, Radio NZ, 30 March
2009
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Wellington, NZ, Email
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