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Stormwater

Stormwater is the run-off from rainfall, which travels along natural and artificial pathways to the sea and other natural waterways.

We provide a stormwater system to manage water run-off from Kāpiti's urban catchments, while protecting the receiving environment, ensuring water quality and reducing risks to human life, health and property from flooding. We carry out a range of activities on a daily basis to keep our network in good condition, and there are things you can do to help too.

Capital works programme
We reviewed our stormwater capital works programme in 2015, after a series of severe weather events, to help us improve...
Inspections and maintenance
Our stormwater network is made up of pipes, manholes, pump stations, open waterways, sumps and sump leads, kerb outlets,...
Water quality monitoring
Council monitors stormwater discharges to fresh and coastal water, under Council’s stormwater discharge consent.
Helping us help you
Our upgrade and maintenance responsibilities cover Council-owned stormwater assets, and if you see something we need to...
Groundwater
Groundwater is water under the ground’s surface, in the spaces between rocks and soil. The proportion of groundwater...
Strategy and modelling
The combined effects of growth in the district, climate change impacts and aging assets have made managing our...
Stormwater resource consent
We lodged our application to Greater Wellington (GW) to replace our existing stormwater resource consent in February...
Updated 7 August 2024