{"id":352847,"date":"2026-03-28T22:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:45:07","slug":"tauranga-water-outage-mains-break-cuts-supply-to-large-area-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352847\/","title":{"rendered":"Tauranga water outage: Mains break cuts supply to large area overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe live in Gate P\u0101 and that is one of the closest areas to the Oropi water treatment plant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">The Oropi water treatment plant is the main water supplier for Tauranga south and  central.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson from the Tauranga District Council confirmed the water mains break last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI can confirm water has been restored to all properties,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt is difficult to know how many homes were affected, but I can confirm it was a widespread area from Greerton through to the city centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe problem was a major break on our bulk mains infrastructure within the vicinity of Oropi Road. The leak was isolated earlier this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile water has been restored, people may notice discolouration, and it will take a while for this discoloured water to flush through the system. The discolouration is due to iron and manganese particles being stirred up by the sudden change in water flow when the main broke. The water is safe to drink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTo help clear the discoloured water, people can flush their outside tap for 5-10 minutes. If there is no improvement, contact us on 07 577 7000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"jcUtdRSv\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe live in Gate P\u0101 and that is one of the closest areas to the Oropi water treatment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,12635,27126,13849,10666,3242,685,186721,3180,111,43,139,2551,69,25347,6507,17711,4885,19862,1227,61,2766,376,3608,1339],"class_list":["post-352847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-area","tag-break","tag-citys","tag-cuts","tag-large","tag-last","tag-mains","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-night","tag-nz","tag-outage","tag-overnight","tag-parts","tag-plant","tag-supply","tag-tauranga","tag-to","tag-treatment","tag-water","tag-were","tag-without"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352847","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=352847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}