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Case study for students: Meeting demand for drinking water.

This case study explains how drinking water is supplied and how demand is forecast, and describes strategies to meet demand. It looks at what characterises effective management of water supplies. Students can reflect on the challenges that local authorities face and the efficacy and sustainability of strategies to meet water demand. They could go on to explore water-supply management practices in their local area.

This case study covers the options for the aerodrome that the government considered and its approach to balancing its interests with the community’s interests. The OAG’s findings support students to explore key issues, including the adequacy of the consultation process (in relation to legal and Treaty of Waitangi obligations) and the appropriateness of the sale process. Questions around state versus private ownership of assets form the backdrop to the case study.

The sale of a state-owned aerodrome isn’t popular with everyone.