A compromise is being proposed in the controversial Three Waters reform.

The Bill currently before select committee would transfer responsibility for all tap water, sewage and stormwater from local councils to four new regional agencies.

Now the body representing councils, Local Government New Zealand, has put forward the idea of local bodies keeping control of stormwater until councils are ready to transition. 

President Stuart Crosby told Mike Hosking one size doesn't fit all. 

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