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Workers have completed a critical piece of work at L’Aube Hill Reserve in Akaroa to construct a piping connection between the contaminated reservoir’s temporary bypass and the local water supply network.

Another portion of the Te Kuru stormwater facility in the upper catchment of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River has been completed in time for summer.

Christchurch City Council is closely monitoring stream levels in Banks Peninsula with the hopes of being able to lower or remove water restrictions soon.

With important decisions looming on water reforms, Christchurch City Council Chief Executive Dawn Baxendale is urging residents to share their thoughts on what matters most to them.

Level 1 water restrictions have been introduced across Christchurch to ensure the Council can keep supplying a fair amount of water while having enough in reserve for fire-fighting.

Level 4 water restrictions are now in place for Akaroa, Takamātua and Duvauchelle on Banks Peninsula as hot weather and critically low stream flows put extra pressure on water supplies.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel says it is important that residents with concerns about the Government’s three waters reforms make submissions on the Water Services Entities Bill.

Residents in Halswell, Wigram, Hornby, Sockburn and Templeton are being asked to keep conserving water to ease pressure on the local water supply network while work is done at the Denton Pump Station.

Christchurch City Council is now the proud owner of the world’s largest detailed local ground water monitoring network.

Christchurch City Council is asking residents and visitors in Banks Peninsula to save water as stream levels drop.