Record high water use
means the pumps drawing water from the aquifer into
reservoirs feeding Hastings, Havelock North and Flaxmere
cannot keep up with demand.
The situation is critical and
a sprinkler ban is in force from today. “There is not a
shortage of water – there is plenty of water in the
aquifer. The issue is that we have used an extremely large
amount of water in the last week, and the pumps cannot go
fast enough to keep up with demand. They are at capacity,”
said Hastings mayor Lawrence
Yule.
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