{"id":156584,"date":"2025-11-27T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156584\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:20:17","slug":"sunlive-no-water-restrictions-for-tauranga-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156584\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive – No water restrictions for Tauranga this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in three years, Tauranga won\u2019t start summer with seasonal water restrictions.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not a licence to go wild with the hose.<\/p>\n

A Tauranga City Council statement today said that since the $197 million Wai\u0101ri water treatment plant started operating in 2022, the city\u2019s water supply has become more resilient and flexible.<\/p>\n

It was Tauranga\u2019s third water treatment plant<\/a>, in addition to those at Joyce Rd and Oropi.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s water is drawn from three spring-fed streams<\/a> \u2013 Tautau, Waiorohi and Waiari.<\/p>\n

Water meters were introduced in 2000.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the council introduced its Water Watchers programme as part of a plan to manage the water supply year-round.<\/p>\n

This had seasonal water-use restrictions that automatically kicked in every November and became stricter in December and January, before easing at the end of March.<\/p>\n

Restrictions included bans or time limits on sprinklers<\/a>, irrigation systems, filling pools and spas (unless granted), high-pressure cleaners and handheld hoses with a trigger nozzle.<\/p>\n

The council said the seasonal restrictions would not be needed this summer.<\/p>\n

People were urged to \u201ccontinue to make wise choices about using water\u201d, including watering gardens wisely and regularly checking for leaks.<\/p>\n

The Water Watchers programme was transitioning from seasonal restrictions to an emphasis on ongoing, responsible water use, the council said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] council will continue to monitor water demand and source water stream levels closely, and restriction requirements may be reinstated if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Water-saving tips and tricks are available on the council\u2019s Water Watchers website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in three years, Tauranga won\u2019t start summer with seasonal water restrictions. But that\u2019s not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-156584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}