New modelling shows there is now a 33 percent chance of the region seeing an acute water shortage this summer - and that would mean level 4 water restrictions.
The chance of Wellington experiencing an acute water shortage this summer has increased, while emergency water tanks sell out around the region.
New modelling from Wellington Water shows there is now a 33 percent chance of the region seeing an acute water shortage rather than a 24 percent chance that had been previously recorded.
Under that type of shortage, level 4 water restrictions would be brought into place which would ban all outdoor water use and reduce indoor water use by up to 50 percent.
I've had leaks outside the house which, to me, looked very significant. They've sat there for two or three months after I've reported them, and gotten visibly worse over that time (which I've also reported), before eventually seeing them addressed.
They do turn up and assess them early, though.
According to Wellington Water, at least, many of the worst leaks are underground without being visible from the surface at all. Those are the ones that tend to get prioritised for traking down and fixing between all the others, but i think a fair amount of effort sometimes also has to be put into tracking down exactly where they are.
I think this is a big reason why WW is so keen on smart water meters becoming a thing. It'd allow for relatively immediate information on exactly how much water is leaving very specific parts of the network out of places where it's not meant to be leaving, and allow it to be tracked down and fixed rapidly.
Yeah I've actually been impressed with the response to my 2 FIXiT reports - I need to remember to use it more often.
We had an ever worsening leak round my way and I just had assumed it'd been reported. After maybe a month I ended up reporting it through the app and it was fixed the next week.
I think it'd be silly not to at least have that on the board for consideration as a possibility for how to manage things in certain circumstances, even if it's then ruled out or considered highly unlikely.