Field Work

Months are slipping by and I haven't written on my blog! (I don't know if anyone noticed, actually). Anyway, I have been traveling a lot with work over the past several weeks. I am auditing the local government sector with respect to its responsibilities to provide potable drinking water to its constituents. This used to mean that territorial authorities would just have to provide reasonably clean water to the ratepayers living in each district. However, with a recent change in legislation, water is being more stringently regulated. This is true of water quality regulations (for protozoa, bacteria, etc.) and water quantity (allocation among competing users). I can't discuss the findings yet, but I'll issue a report to the New Zealand Parliament in 2009. I can tell you that the field work has taken me to large and small councils around the North and South islands. Here are a couple photos, in case you are interested.