The water service delivery plans have been submitted by local councils and evaluated, and the total is set to hit over $47 billion.
Councils handed over these proposals as part of the Government's Local Water Done Well scheme and the Local Government Minister is hopeful these plans will go on to benefit ratepayers.
Minister Simon Watts says these proposals have all been signed off and things are in a good place to get going.
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