Weekly consumption to Sunday was up 3 per cent on the previous period, although one rainy day had lifted lake levels. The storage lakes which supply most of Auckland's water are nearly 20 per cent below their July average, at 63.45 per cent. SUPPLIED/Watercare Water levels at Watercare's Upper Nihotipu Dam in the Waitakere Ranges, on Sunday"We would however like Aucklanders to be mindful about their water use as the dry period continues." Lake levels have fallen after one of the driest first-half years on record in Auckland. Apart from a brief storm disruption to supplies in 2017, the call to save water is the first since Auckland's 1994 water crisis.

Source: Stuff July 08, 2019 23:48 UTC