From Policeman to Aquaman, Paul Donaldson runs a hands-on water supply services company
Business Summary: Aquaman Water is a Auckland-based water tank rental and bulk drinking water delivery business supplying tanks, hydration stations, pumps and emergency water services to construction sites, events and residential properties across New Zealand.
About Aquaman Water
Aquaman is owned and operated by Paul Donaldson, a former police officer of 30 years. After three decades in uniform, Paul wanted a lifestyle business built around people, a product everyone needs and something that would not contaminate anything if spilt or break if dropped.
Water ticked every box. Having lived on rural, tank-fed properties for around 25 years, Paul already understood how much a reliable bulk water carrier matters when the tank runs dry.
The name Aquaman comes from Paul's time serving in East Timor during the conflict period. Infrastructure had been destroyed and communities had no safe water. When UN personnel arrived with bottled water, children would run up asking for "aqua".
That experience stayed with him and shaped the move from policeman to Aquaman.
Water ticked every box. Having lived on rural, tank-fed properties for around 25 years, Paul already understood how much a reliable bulk water carrier matters when the tank runs dry.
The name Aquaman comes from Paul's time serving in East Timor during the conflict period. Infrastructure had been destroyed and communities had no safe water. When UN personnel arrived with bottled water, children would run up asking for "aqua".
That experience stayed with him and shaped the move from policeman to Aquaman.
From a single truck to New Zealand's largest event water supplier
Aquaman started in 2022 and has grown quickly over the past four years. What began as a small water delivery operation on the Hibiscus Coast is now a nationwide water services company, with our tanks being monitored on motorway builds, wind farms, bridge rebuilds, geothermal sites, retirement villages, schools and some of the country's biggest events.
Over the past year, Aquaman hydrated more than 200,000 people across New Zealand events, from Waitangi Week to Symphony in the Domain, SailGP, Round the Bays and Homelands, which Paul believes makes Aquaman the country's biggest event water tank hire supplier of potable water.
Aquaman is a bulk water company, a transport company, a hire company and an IT operation rolled into one. Services include water tank hire from 1,000L to 30,000L, bulk water delivery and drinking water delivery, 1,000L hydration cubes and 2,000L hydration stations for events and worksites, remote cellular tank-level monitoring with real-time client access, delivery, installation, plumbing and pump setup, refill coordination using Aquaman's trucks or a local water carrier, water usage data and consumption reports for environmental and sustainability teams, emergency and temporary water supply available 24/7, ballast water for pools, detention tanks and stormwater tanks, water main commissioning, dust suppression supply and hydrovac refills.
Every tank is monitored remotely through our managed water service.
Over the past year, Aquaman hydrated more than 200,000 people across New Zealand events, from Waitangi Week to Symphony in the Domain, SailGP, Round the Bays and Homelands, which Paul believes makes Aquaman the country's biggest event water tank hire supplier of potable water.
Aquaman is a bulk water company, a transport company, a hire company and an IT operation rolled into one. Services include water tank hire from 1,000L to 30,000L, bulk water delivery and drinking water delivery, 1,000L hydration cubes and 2,000L hydration stations for events and worksites, remote cellular tank-level monitoring with real-time client access, delivery, installation, plumbing and pump setup, refill coordination using Aquaman's trucks or a local water carrier, water usage data and consumption reports for environmental and sustainability teams, emergency and temporary water supply available 24/7, ballast water for pools, detention tanks and stormwater tanks, water main commissioning, dust suppression supply and hydrovac refills.
Every tank is monitored remotely through our managed water service.
Licensed, registered and trusted as a potable water supplier
Aquaman is a licensed bulk water carrier and is registered with Taumata Arowai, New Zealand's water services authority, as an approved potable water supplier. We carry only drinking water, nothing else.
Our tanks are made in New Zealand in a custom food-grade blue that reflects sunlight and keeps water cool, and our monitoring equipment, signage and fittings are sourced from New Zealand suppliers wherever possible.
Aquaman is also a member of Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) and is approved with Work and Income to assist residential customers facing emergency water situations. Afterpay is available too.
Our tanks are made in New Zealand in a custom food-grade blue that reflects sunlight and keeps water cool, and our monitoring equipment, signage and fittings are sourced from New Zealand suppliers wherever possible.
Aquaman is also a member of Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) and is approved with Work and Income to assist residential customers facing emergency water situations. Afterpay is available too.
Proud to give back to the communities we serve
Giving back matters to us. Aquaman provides free or heavily discounted hydration stations and tank hire to the Hibiscus Coast Football Club, Relay for Life and Pink Ribbon events for the Cancer Society, Hospice through the civil industry touch tournament, and the Stillwater Boating Club.
As the business grows, our aim is to zero-rate more of this work so the charities we support keep more of what they raise.
Aquaman Water Tank Hire is a locally owned water services company built on 30 years of public service, a lived understanding of what water means to a community and a genuinely managed approach to keeping sites, events and homes supplied.
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