A fresh application to take and bottle water from the Kai Iwi area is bigger than the Whanganui one that sparked a "community conversation" in Majestic Square on October 1.
The first, received in September last year, is from Aquifer 182 Holding Company and seeks to take 750,000 litres a week from a deep bore at 182 Anzac Pde. The second, received in July this year, seeks to take 604,000 litres a day.
That's almost as much as Aquifer 182 wants to take in a week.
It is from Turner New Zealand Artesian Water, with the take based in Handley Rd. The road runs along the coast from Mowhānau Village to a junction with Maxwell Station Rd.
The Aquifer 182 application will be looked at "under Te Awa Tupua considerations" as well as the usual ones, Horizons Regional Council strategy and regulation manager Dr Nic Peet said.