Water restrictions have been ramped up so people at the ends of the town don't run out of water.
Last week the water pressure to several homes in Bridge Pa, Flaxmere and Havelock North was just a trickle with the water usage overloaded in the evening.
Council have implemented a water restriction level, affecting Hastings, Flaxmere, Havelock North and Bridge pa, where people can only water their gardens every second day.
The water restriction level is staying at two with garden watering limited to 6am to 8am or 7pm to 9pm but the change is that residents in odd numbered homes can only water on odd dates and even number home owners on even dates.
Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule said there is a particular problem in the evenings when water use is so great that the pressure drops and some homes at the end are getting very little water.