DAMAGE: The Mamaku pump showing the damage. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
Problems with Mamaku's water bore are continuing after the compound where the bore is kept was broken into last night and vandalised, causing more water woes in the area.
The vandals shut a valve which has been feeding water into the reservoir and vandalised a shed, meaning up to 40
per cent of the stored water was lost.
However, the parts necessary for repairing the main bore pump have arrived and it should be ready for installation by the end of today.
Water operations manager Eric Cawte said a rig for reinstalling the pump, pipe and cables down the bore are also planned to arrive in town today, and a team of staff and contractors are planning to start the work tomorrow.
It will take up to three days to install and will then be followed by the electrical connections, commissioning checks and disinfection.