Some rural water users run dry in Tasman districtDOUG FIELD/STUFF Water tanks should be checked at least once a week. Residents on Tasman district rural water supplies are being urged to check their reservoirs as reports surface of some properties running dry. CHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF Tasman District Council utilities manager Mike Schruer says there is a moratorium on new rural water supply connections. READ MORE:* Water rationing spreads across Tasman* Water main fixed but restrictions loomCHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF Council engineering services manager Richard Kirby says rural water supplies have trickle-feed systems. As well as the rural schemes, there were rural extensions to urban schemes to the south of Richmond, off Brightwater and off Mapua.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 18:00 UTC