Westport ships in emergency tanks as water crisis deepensSAM STRONG/STUFF "Town was dead, no coffee, people had to close," publican Glenn Elley said about Monday's water outage. Emergency water tanks are being brought into Westport and a crisis meeting called as the town – one of the wettest in New Zealand – risks running out of water. Howard sad the council was not worrying about the cost of the emergency water. Buller High School installed an emergency water tank on Tuesday and St Canice's school was considering following suit. FARMERS ON TOWN RETICULATIONHistorically, farmers have connected to the town water supply.

Source: Stuff September 12, 2017 06:27 UTC