Auckland, please continue to go extra easy on your water use until the end of the month

While long-range forecasts are predicting rainfall totals for April and May will be above normal, Auckland is still hovering around the ‘preparing for drought’ trigger point in our Drought Management Plan. With that in mind we are continuing with our calls for everyone to go extra easy on their water use until the end of the month.

Based on the recent uplift in dam levels, and the rain to come, we can confidently say we won’t be needing to put mandatory water restrictions in place in the next few months

Dam of the week

Wairoa Dam in the Hūnua Ranges

It's currently around 67 per cent full, and when it was photographed on 24 April it was 67.3 per cent full. It holds 11.9 billion litres of water, making it Auckland’s fourth largest water supply dam. Water from here is treated at our Ardmore Water Treatment Plant before being distributed to Aucklanders.