Wellington Water

Wellington — Porirua City Council has moved to a pre-order system for its 200-litre water tanks due to high demand.

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Lower Hutt — Capacity has released the Regional Standard for Water Services, a collaborative effort with the Hutt, Wellington, Upper Hutt, and Porirua city councils.

By Hutt City Council
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Wellington — Cr Nigel Wilson, Chair of the Regional Council’s Social and Cultural Wellbeing Committee, says the rivers that supply us with water are showing the effects of an unusually dry spring.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — Wellington Regional Council is to buy more than 200 hectares of land near its Te Marua water treatment plant to allow for future expansion of water storage capacity Councillors agreed at a meeting today to initiate negotiations with AgResearch to purchase 207 hectares not far from its two existing water storage lakes at Te Marua.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — Wellington Regional Council is to look at the feasibility of building an emergency water reservoir on the outskirts of Porirua to help resupply residents more quickly after a big earthquake.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — The Wairarapa community will move one step closer to a reliable, sustainable supply of water, with the conclusion of a funding agreement between Wellington Regional Council and the Irrigation Acceleration Fund.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Porirua — Porirua residents and businesses are urged to conserve water from now until further notice because of a ruptured water main at Staithes Drive in Whitby.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — Low rainfall across Wellington’s water catchment areas last month combined with a forecast for more of the same this summer, has increased the chance of a tough summer for urban water users.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — Residents in Lower Hutt’s eastern bays can look forward to a more secure water supply as the Greater Wellington Regional Council begins work to replace the ageing Point Howard pipeline.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Lower Hutt — We’ve temporarily shut off the water taps in the Civic Square as we do the final water and water pump testing which is the last piece of work needed to complete the project.

By Hutt City Council
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Wellington — The turn of a tap last Friday signalled the start of filling for Greater Wellington’s newly-strengthened and enlarged southern water storage lake at Te Marua, which has been empty since September last year.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — Work to improve the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s bulk water supply pipeline between Ngauranga and Karori will begin on 24 September, taking up to seven weeks.

By Greater Wellington Regional Council
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Wellington — A rainwater tank installed at home could save you a lot of grief in the event of a full-scale emergency.

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Wellington — Investigations into the potential for the Wairarapa valley to store water in the winter and distribute it for a variety of community and agricultural uses during the dry season have intensified.

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Wellington — An accelerated resilience programme and the need to keep debt at a reasonable level have resulted in a 3% increase in the bulk water levy for the Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt city councils.

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Wellington City — Wellington City Council has voted to support the expansion of council-owned water infrastructure company Capacity to include the shareholding membership of Porirua and Upper Hutt cities.

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Wellington — Greater Wellington is hailing the efforts of water users across Lower Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Wellington, with summer water use hitting its lowest level in over 15 years.

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Wellington City — Late last year, the Council's Strategy and Policy Committee unanimously agreed to consult the public on a new water bylaw that will regulate a wide range of activities to do with providing water for Wellingtonians.

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Wellington — Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging people in the region’s four cities to remain careful with their water use over the next few months after a “dry” December in the Hutt water collection area, in spite of the heavy rain at the end of December.

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Wellington — A project investigating the potential for the Wairarapa valley to store water in the winter and distribute it for a variety of community and agricultural uses during the dry season has entered a new phase.

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Wellington City — Wellington City Councillors have agreed to canvass the public's view on a proposed new way of managing the city's bulk water supply.

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