Update: Te Tahi Water Treatment Plant

Please do not attempt to access the Te Tahi Water Treatment Plant site. We’re working on gathering additional images, which we'll share in the comments of this post shortly.

What's happened

The inlet and dam that supplies the Te Tahi Water Treatment Plant have sustained significant damage due to recent weather events, and the treatment plant is offline. We're currently supplying water from a bore-fed reservoir, but we need to keep water use low as there isn't as much capacity as there'd normally be. We’re working on a solution and keep you updated as soon as any more information is available.

Thank you Pirongia - Keep it up!

Shout out to our Pirongia community for reducing their water usage. You're doing a great job and every drop helps. Please continue to limit water use to drinking water and sanitary use only.

Schools and businesses

Schools and businesses can continue operating as normal. We are still asking everyone to limit their water use. We're working on an alternative solution for water supply which we expect to be in place by Sunday - this will mean no more water restrictions from that point.