In this week's episode we open up the tap on the Three Waters - one of the 'Big Three" reforms currently facing New Zealand's local government sector, with the proposed amalgamation of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services into four large, multi-regional entities. So how did we get here? What's proposed? And what are some of the arguments for and against the proposed reforms?

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