Focus Live: Auckland water bans eased for summer
Home and hosed: Auckland water rules relaxed just in time for summer. Video / Will Trafford
Home and hosed: Auckland water rules relaxed just in time for summer. Video / Will Trafford
The rules will be relaxed from next month.
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Mayor Phil Goff says Aucklanders have helped to save 6 billion litres of water.
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"Residents are being asked to save water - but it's the city's pipes that are to blame."
11.64 billion litres of water was lost last year due to leaky pipes in Christchurch.
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About 20,000 litres of wastewater was discharged before the overflow could be stopped.
Auckland's dam storage levels went up about 5 per cent in the last week.
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Phil Goff said the council group is constrained in how much it can invest in water.
Colleagues say they're sick and tired of Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy's negative attitude.
Jaduram's salary was about 35 per cent higher than that of the next highest council boss.
Locals say they've endured brown water for two years and this weekend was the worst ever.
Residents in Titirangi will have their water supply shut down as a burst pipe is fixed.
Faced with an ongoing hosing ban, Aucklanders are rushing to install rain water tanks.
Auckland will have an extra 40 million litres a day of water by Christmas
Mid Canterbury president David Clark said farmers are worried about the future.
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Napier's water demand has already skyrocketed to summertime amounts.
Regions dams 66.8 per cent full compared to usual 91.4 per cent at this time of year.
But the water crisis continues with dam levels nearly a quarter below normal.
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