The needle is moving from green to red and Aucklanders are being warned again about curtailing their water use.
Watercare's live water usage tracker monitors usage over a week and with the needle on the edge of the red zone, it reflects a dramatic spike in use since outdoor water restrictions were relaxed.
The city's water use jumped more than 30 million litres a day in a week.
We can talk now to Mark Bourne from Watercare.