Drone footage of the Hays Creek Dam in Hūnua that Watercare plans to recommission as part of a range of measures to help address the city's water shortages. Watercare is planning to spend $57.5 million to recommission a mothballed dam in Hūnua to help in the fight against Auckland's water shortages. It is the smallest of the Hūnua dams and was originally designed solely to supply water to Papakura. “To put that in perspective, that 40 million litres a day would supply a city the size of Dunedin,” Watercare chief executive Raveen Jaduram said. Watercare/Supplied The Lower Nihotupu water storage dam in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges at 45 per cent full on June 22.

Source: Stuff June 25, 2020 23:03 UTC