11 September 2020 
LGOIMA No. 8140007372 
 (Please quote this in any correspondence) 
 
Stacey Morrison 
By email: [email address] 
 
 
Tēnā koe Stacey  
 
 
Local Government Official Information And Meetings Act 1987 
Botanic Gardens Water Usage 
 
Thank you for your request dated 26 August 2020 about water usage at the Botanic 
Gardens.  
 
Our response to your request is set out below.  
 
“Can you please provide the total (mains) water usage for the entire garden and 
nursery areas (i.e. excluding the visitor centre, staff and washroom facilities, and 
cafe) for each month over the preceding six years/ 72 months.” 
 
Auckland Botanic Gardens covers 64 hectares and is home to over 10.000 plants from 
around the world.  
 
As well as incorporating sustainable stormwater management, we are also reusing our 
water. This reduces the amounts taken and discharged from the city water supply and saves 
on the water bill. More information about this can be found at Auckland Botanic Gardens. 
 
Please find attached details of water usage from January 2015 to July 2020. Note there are 
three accounts associated with the Botanic Gardens.  
 
We are unable to break down water usage to just the garden and nursery areas prior to 
2019. However, with the addition of new meters, we can provide an approximate percentage 
of water consumption over the last year for each area of the botanic gardens.  
 
Area 
% of water consumption 
Friends Building 
0.4% 
Library Toilet 
1.0% 
Depot Office 
4.2% 
Unitec 
1.3% 
Discovery 
0.3% 
Children’s toilet 
2.3% 
Visitors centre 
9.0% 
Logan Campbell 
0.3% 
Caretakers 
0.6% 
Nursery 
80.6% 
 
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Ngā mihi, 
 
 
 
 
Fernanda Maciel 
Privacy and Official Information BP 
Governance Services 
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142  |  aucklandcouncil.govt.nz  |  Ph 09 301 0101 

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