Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER
Wellington's Water says the risk of water restrictions this summer has diminished.
But it still wants households and businesses to be careful.
Wellington Water has been plagued by old crumbling pipes and thousands of leaks, as well as a spreadsheet blunder earlier in the year which meant the agency had to go back to the six councils which own it asking for an extra $37.5m.
In a sobering briefing to a Greater Wellington Regional Council committee last week, its new chief executive Pat Dougherty warned councillors that "even if the funding tap got turned on now, it would be 11 years until 'we have a day as good as today.''
Kathryn speaks with Charles Barker, Director Regulatory Services for Wellington Water.
