Northland — Northland’s district councils, major industries and consented water users are being urged to closely monitor their water use and prepare for possible shortages and restrictions unless there is significant rain over the next month or two.

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Northland — An independent commissioner has declined an application by a Northland company to take extra water from Whangarei’s Poroti Springs, citing an inability to properly monitor its effects on the springs and the impact of that on Maori cultural values.

By Northland Regional Council
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Paihia — Paihia residents will be without water during the early hours of Friday morning.

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Paihia — Essential maintenance work on the Far North District Council's public water supply scheme at Waitangi tomorrow night (August 9) may cause minor disruptions to users.

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Kawakawa — A maintenance shutdown will leave households connected to the Kawakawa water treatment plant without water for eight hours next Thursday night and the early hours of Friday.

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Whangarei — A new system has been introduced around the backflow devices installed on many properties to protect the District's water supply system.

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Northland — Moerewa’s water supply will be shut down for six hours next month for essential maintenance.

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Paihia — Paihia residents should be vigilant for discoloured tap water next week.

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Kerikeri — A maintenance shutdown of part of the reticulated water network in Kerikeri will leave some homes and businesses without water during the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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Northland — Opononi households connected to the Far North District Council’s water supply will be without water for about an hour on Wednesday (August 31).

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Whangarei — Whangarei District Councillors have approved a long term strategy to develop the Wairua River as the next water source for the Whangarei water supply area, and to put on hold the investigation into a dam on the Ngunguru River.

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Northland — An independent commissioner has allowed two applications to take millions of litres of water a day from the Poroti Springs area, including one by the Whangarei District Council, which already uses the resource to supplement the city’s public supply.

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Kerikeri — It has taken its time but the government has finally come to the party with subsidy approval for a contribution of up to $7.315 million towards an expand wastewater service in the Kerikeri area.

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Northland — Water users in the Paihia, Waitangi, Haruru Falls and Opua areas are being asked to conserve water as an emergency measure while repairs are carried out to the treatment plant at Haruru Falls.

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Whangarei — More than 140 landowners in Whangarei’s Otaika catchment have provided details of their water use as part of a pilot local authority programme designed to ensure the region’s water resources aren’t over-allocated in future.

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Northland — Landowners in Whangarei’s Otaika catchment are being asked to provide details of their water use as part of a pilot local authority programme designed to ensure the region’s water resources aren’t over-allocated in future.

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Northland — This year its much drier much earlier and low water levels in the Kaihu catchment have now reached a level where it has been necessary to supplement the supply from our alternative source at Rotu.

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Northland — Kaipara District Council is asking Dargaville and Baylys Beach residents to conserve water as continuing dry weather hits the town’s supply.

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Northland — A study into how well an urban carpark ‘rain garden’ cleans stormwater has earned a Whangarei student a $1000 Northland Regional Council award at the Central Northland Science and Technology Fair.

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Kerikeri — Some Kerikeri residents may experience some discolouration of water coming from their taps tomorrow (Tuesday June 22) as the result of a pipe flushing exercise to clear the reticulation system of pockets of discoloured water.

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Whangarei — The drought is not over, Whau Valley Dam remains less than half full and Whangarei residents are urged to increase their water saving measures, not to ease up.

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Whangarei — Despite a small amount of rain last night the water level at Whau Valley Dam continues to hover around a 16-year low of 50% and water restrictions will be imposed in Whangarei from 5pm tomorrow (Thursday 15 April).

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