Type of drinking water supply – rules from Taumata Arowai
The first step is to check what sort of drinking water supply you have.
Many non-council water supplies in the district are domestic self-supply or shared domestic supply (where the water is supplied to 25 or fewer people is only for domestic use). Others may be ‘very small community supply’.
Find out what this means for you and rules and guidelines to follow from Taumata Arowai.
Significant weather events
During or after a big weather event, community and individual systems can be impacted by flooding or loss of power supply or other damage and it may lead to contamination of stored water, damage to pipes, tanks, pumps.
Taumata Arowai has several flyers and information that may be useful to prepare and actions that should be taken following a weather event.
