We are experiencing higher volumes of enquiries at the moment related to successive significant rainfall events in January and February. We are working hard to reply to these enquiries while at the same time planning and undertaking work to remove debris dams and blockages, and remediate impacted areas.
Groundwater is rainwater that has travelled through the soil to underground aquifers. Aquifers are areas of fractured rocks or porous sediments such as sand and gravel.
Groundwater makes up about 90 percent of the Waikato region’s fresh water resource. Wells are drilled to pump groundwater from aquifers, and we use it for drinking, in industry, agriculture and horticulture. Waikato Regional Council regularly monitors and reports on the quality and availability of our region's groundwater.