Assembly members asked:

• “What happens to our wastewater?” (00:00)
• “What about microplastics, pharmaceutical byproducts and other chemicals?” (01:14)
• “Is any of the wastewater that gets discharged actually of drinking quality?” (01:48)
• “Does Auckland depend more on the Waikato river than on the dams that we have?” (03:56)
• “Can we rely on the Waikato region to keep supplying water from the river?” (04:11)
• “Has the water quality of the Waikato river been affected?” (05:22)
• “How is the Waikato supply affected by Auckland’s increasing use of water from the Waikato river?”
  (06:16)
• “What happens to Auckland’s allotted water quantity if a drought affects the Waikato river?” (07:29)
• “What is Watercare doing to prevent water leakage from the system?” (09:37)
• “Do the future projections anticipate a drop in water usage per capita?” (11:15)
• “Does the cost of delivering water to Auckland differ depending on the source?” (11:58)
• “Is treating wastewater to meet drinking water standards and reusing it a viable option?” (12:51)

• “Why can’t we just build another dam?” (00:00)
• “Won’t we fix this with all of us having rainwater tanks?” (01:12)
• “The booklet mentions Te Mana o te Wai. What does this actually mean?” (03:28)
• “What’s wrong with taking more water from the Waikato?” (05:19)
• “What does this have to do with Three Waters reform?” (09:34)
• “What if we treated water as a taonga?” (11:14)
• “How can you be sure that any of these options are safe?” (14:40)
• “We all use way too much water. Can’t we just use less?” (16:47)
• “Why don’t we just catch stormwater and use that?” (19:25)
• “NZ has other places we could get water from. Why aren’t we looking on a national scale?” (21:11)
• “If we keep using water from the Waikato, will they have enough for their needs?” (22:27)
• “Could we use water treated to a lower standard for activities that don’t need a high level of water purity?” (24:45)
• “What environmental impact do dams have?” (27:20)
• “If we all saved a lot of water, how would that affect Watercare’s revenue?” (28:16)