A water bottling company has applied to take 750,000 litres of water a week from a central Whanganui bore.
Aquifer 182 Holding Company Ltd has applied to Horizons Regional Council for consent to take 750 cubic metres of water a week from an existing 237m deep artesian bore at the former milk treatment plant on Anzac Pde.
The consent would last for 27 years.
Online, the company's business is classified as "mineral water manufacturing".
The company started in July 2017. In its application it states the water will be bottled or frozen, for distribution.