Thirsty Whale owner Chris Sullivan is concerned over how the water shortage may affect businesses. Photo: fileBusinesses throughout Napier fear the city could grind to a halt, should the city's water supply run out. After a level four water restriction was imposed by Napier City Council earlier today, saying there was a "very real risk" water could run out "soon", Thirsty Whale owner and Napier businessman Chris Sullivan, who owns seven local businesses, said "quite a few of them" could be affected. A Napier City Council spokeswoman said there were no commercial irrigators hooked up to our system. "Napier is an urban area and the agricultural businesses we are aware of are our outside our water boundary."

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2017 06:43 UTC