Social media helps turn taps offSCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Renwick resident Frances Powell thinks water restrictions will not be far away as summer gradually dries out the district. Social media is helping turn off the taps in dried-out Marlborough. If they can keep this up all summer as they did last year, water restrictions should not be necessary," Rooney said. "We message the Renwick water users group, and they pass the information on through their links. Prolonged dry periods led to strongly reduced aquifer recharge and single heavy downpours did not refill the aquifer storage due to the cap on exchange flows.

Source: Stuff December 14, 2017 00:56 UTC