Residents in Ōtāne and Waipawa can now drink from their taps after a 26-day boil water notice was lifted.
The notice affected nearly twenty per cent of residents in the Central Hawke's Bay district.
The treatment plant providing water to the area flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle, but vital equipment is now back up and running.
Central Hawke's Bay Mayor Alex Walker spoke to Jane Patterson.
