2011). To mitigate the risk of flooding, he created a water-sensitive approach to the city. This leads to understanding stormwater as a resource, with water-sensitive planning and design in a low-impact design approach. Integrated water management in cities mainly depends on stakeholders, who are responsible for creating space in urban areas. A trip to Talbot Park in Auckland city gave an insight into toilet composting in commercial buildings and rain gardens. Water from public streets and raised parking lots reaches the rain gardens but has not been much disturbed by sediment discharges, due to high infiltration rates. Auckland Council uses approximately 80% of water and, combined with water care research that is part of the energy management system, to evaluate Auckland's demand management. (Auckland Demand Management Plan