LGOIMA Request Details: LG2499

Date received: 10/08/2026

Requested information: Feilding Property Details - A request for addresses of all properties in Feilding that have backflow valves installed and all properties that are on water meters.

Status: Complete

Date responded: 03/09/2026

Response:

 

I am writing regarding your LGOIMA request which we received on 10 August 2026.

In Feilding and close proximity to Feilding we have 453 Active Meters of which 94 have backflow prevention, listed in the table below:

MDC Category

Meters

Backflow Prevention

Feilding CBD	94	28
Feilding Residential	59	2
Feilding Residential Pool	9	5
Feilding Rural	87	5
Feilding Rural Pool	5	3
Industrial Commercial	114	42
NON Rateable (ie Schools etc)	47	7
Rural	37	2
Rural Pool	1	0

Manawatu District has 461 Active Water meters in the wider district of which 96 have backflow prevention.

Your request for a list of all properties in Feilding that have backflow valves and are on water meters is declined under section 7(2)(a) - to protect the privacy of natural persons.

Under section 27(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request.  The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at: info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by calling 0800 802 602.