Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:40 am Press Release: Watercare
Rainfall:
Yesterday
Past
7 days
Hūnua
Ranges
0mm
5mm
Waitākere
Ranges
0mm
6.5mm
Dam
storage (in total):n to
Today:
55.41%
Yesterday:
55.64%
Normal
for this time of
year:
79.2%
Water
consumption:
*Target for second half
of March 2021:
465 million litres or less a day (for
the rolling 7-day average)
Yesterday’s
consumption
440 million
litres
Yesterday’s 7-day rolling
average
431 million
litres
*The target for
the second half of March is 465MLD. This is because we
expect demand to decline over the course of the month, as
the weather becomes cooler.
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