A total outdoor water ban has been issued for the Central Hawke's Bay settlement of Kairakau after a bore failed.
Central Hawke's Bay District Council CEO Monique Davidson said the council noticed there had been significant depletion of the reservoir on Friday, and discovered the bore had failed.
"At the moment we are supplying the reservoir via tankers, and we will continue to do that until we have a new bore online.
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"What we'll be doing over the next two weeks is fast-tracking the commissioning of a new bore."