Napier City Council has denied it was "caught off guard" by Monday's water shortage, but has promised to take learnings from the incident on board.
It discovered on Monday morning that reservoir water levels were around 19 per cent. During the peak of summer these sit at around 50 percent at the lowest point.
The critically low level was thought to have occurred as the reservoir did not recharge overnight as usual - leading to the assumption hoses, and sprinklers had been left on overnight.
In light of Napier's water crisis does the city need a residential water tax?
Trevor Williams (Napier) No I don't think there is any need for water meters here — what we need to do is start digging a little deeper.
Lincoln Reid (Napier)
Lincoln Reid (Hastings but works in Napier) Personally no, I don't think there should be.
Luke Hanson (Napier)
Luke Hanson (Napier) No I don't think there should be. We should have had advanced notice about these issues (restrictions) though.
Richard Kepka (Napier)
Richard Kepka (Taradale) I've got a water meter where we are and we get the bill and pay it. No problem. If you use plenty of it and you have to pay then so be it.
