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Queenstown — From Monday morning the Queenstown Lakes District Council is asking residents on the Lake Hayes Scheme to apply water conservation to all watering and irrigation, QLDC general manager infrastructure Erik Barnes said.

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Queenstown — Understanding the massive cost of water to ratepayers is critical to changing the way we use it, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.

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Queenstown — Residents on the Lake Hayes Water Scheme are being credited for conserving water over the last few weeks but reminded that water restrictions are still in place.

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Queenstown — Partial water restrictions will be introduced on the Lake Hayes Scheme this week, Queenstown Lakes District Council 3 Waters Manager Gerry Essenberg said.

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Queenstown — The entire district is being urged to work together to prevent water restrictions this summer, Queenstown Lakes District Council 3 Waters manager Gerry Essenberg said.

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Queenstown — Unintentional damage to a steel water main yesterday afternoon led to an urgent water shutdown in the Gorge Road area, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Steve Hewland said.

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Queenstown — A double kayak fatality on Lake Wakatipu overnight sent a grim message to lake users, Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Debra Lawson said.

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Queenstown — As the summer season gears up, the Queenstown Lakes District harbour master is taking a tough line on life jackets.  The rule in the Queenstown Lakes District, on any waterway, is that boats must carry a life jacket for every person on board and that all children 10-years or less must have their lifejacket fastened.

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Queenstown — Lakes Leisure’s Aquatic Education program is working hard to instil safe habits into our local children in and around the water this summer.

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Queenstown — The Queenstown Lakes District Council has resolved to enter into contract renewal negotiations with its 3 waters contractor, United Water, QLDC chief executive Debra Lawson said.

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Queenstown — Responsible water use by residents connected to the Lake Hayes Scheme water supply means restrictions can ease from today, Queenstown Lakes District Council 3 waters operations engineer Martin Ellis said.

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Queenstown — A landowner and contractor will be issued a formal warning after an unlawful connection to a community water supply was detected, Queenstown Lakes District Council general manager regulatory and corporate Roger Taylor said.

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Queenstown — As at 1.30pm today the Fernhill Reservoir was at 80% capacity.

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Queenstown — The Queenstown Lakes District Council this morning issued an urgent water conservation notice for parts of Queenstown.

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Queenstown — A sudden increase in water demand on the Lake Hayes Estate water supply has resulted in the Queenstown Lakes District Council calling on residents to help conserve water,” QLDC 3 waters operations engineer Martin Ellis said.

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Queenstown — A significant push to improve the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s knowledge of the aging Queenstown water network had come at a price,” QLDC infrastructure services general manager Mark Kunath said.

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Queenstown — In light of three recent water main failures in the Queenstown Lakes District, residents could take confidence from the Council’s ability to ensure that water supply would continue to meet the community’s needs, Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure services general manger Mark Kunath said.

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Queenstown — Fernhill and Sunshine Bay residents awoke this morning without water after a catastrophic failure of a water main in the night, Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure services general manager Mark Kunath said.

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Queenstown — A long-term campaign that will ultimately change the way we use water in the Queenstown Lakes District will be considered by the QLDC utilities committee on Tuesday (4 November).

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Queenstown — A draft bylaw aimed at improving the council’s ability to manage demand on water supply schemes around the Queenstown Lakes District is available for public consultation.

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Queenstown — A scheduled water shutdown in central Queenstown became a wider than anticipated event after Council contractors working on the replacement of a water main on Ballarat Street, hit a water pipe after 11am.

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