Marlborough Waters chief executive Richard Coningham said water had been trucked into the Awatere area since 8.30am today.<\/p>\n
The additional water was helping to maintain supply, but conserving water remained extremely important because of supply constraints, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrucking water into the area means we can begin replenishing both the rural Awatere tanks and the Seddon tank while crews continue working on the leak,\u201d Coningham said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, we still need everyone connected to these supplies to use as little water as possible. Please keep water use to essential drinking, cooking and hygiene needs and avoid all non-essential use.\u201d<\/p>\n
People in Seddon are advised to boil water as a precaution and those on the rural Awatere supply remain under a long-standing boil-water notice.<\/p>\n
Coningham said the precautionary boil-water notice was necessary for Seddon as while the trucked-in water was safe, some of it was food grade and not classed as potable grade under water regulations.<\/p>\n
Water should be brought to a rolling boil for at least one minute and allowed to cool naturally before use. The notices will remain in place until the council advises otherwise.<\/p>\n
It would continue trucking water into the area as required and was closely monitoring storage levels.<\/p>\n
The leak is believed to be in a section of pipe under the Awatere River bed, which could make the repair difficult.<\/p>\n
The pipe supplies Seddon, Seaview, Grassmere and rural areas south of the Awatere River.<\/p>\n
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