Hamilton and Waipa will move to Water Alert Level One restrictions from Thursday 17 December 2020.
Moving to Water Alert Level One means sprinklers must only be used between 6am to 8am and 6pm to 8pm daily, while hand-held hosing can still be done at any time.
Hamilton City Council’s City Waters Manager Maire Porter says a number of factors are considered before water alert levels are put in place. We closely monitor water use, weather predictions and trends from previous summers to guide how we manage water, says Porter.
NIWA projections for the upcoming summer in the Waikato region are for hot and humid weather and with a severe meteorological drought earlier this year and less rainfall in 2020, the two councils have opted to take a proactive approach this summer.
Water restrictions eased: Aucklanders now using too much of the resource
15 Dec, 2020 11:09 PM
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Home and hosed: Auckland water rules relaxed just in time for summer. Video / Will Trafford
It seems Aucklanders were just waiting for the go-ahead to water the garden or wash the car again, after months of restrictions.
But people are now being urged to remember that despite the restrictions being eased, the city is still facing a water crisis and it should therefore still be used sparingly.
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Although the city s seven-day rolling average water consumption remains within the allowed target, the daily consumption figures in the past two days show residents are now using too much water.