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title: Are you getting the whole picture | DataCol Group
description: "The benefits of such a ‘smart’ infrastructure not only accrue to water utilities and users, but also
to the wider Kiwi economy."
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# Understanding New Zealand’s water management challenge

Make better policy decisions through better information.

 

Download the white paper** *Are you getting the whole picture? ***to learn about:

- What barriers exist to improving water management policy in New Zealand
- Whether metering data has a role to play in better policy development
- How authorities can collect and process data to aid decision-making

 

### Download the white paper

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# Extracts from the white paper

Even though there is growing awareness that our water resources are finite, there is little understanding in the community about exactly how much water we do have and who decides who gets what water.

Call it a decision support system, one that allows councils and utilities to understand the current status of the network and respond to events in real-time thereby making efficient and effective utilisation of limited manpower and resources.