Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playAuckland households face water restrictions until the end of the month despite hitting savings targets. Aucklanders' daily water consumption has dropped to 382 million litres, well within the necessary range of 400 million litres or fewer. Watercare congratulated residents but warned that if savings did not continue, partially treated water might need to be released into the system and then people would have to boil water. Aucklanders have been warned if significant savings are not made Watercare may be forced to release partially-treated water into the system forcing people to boil water. The water savings apply to everyone in the region as far north as Waiwera and as far south as Pukekohe.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 12, 2017 22:14 UTC