# Q&A-Water restrictions for Wellington region rate payers

**URL:** <https://newkids.discourse.group/t/q-a-water-restrictions-for-wellington-region-rate-payers/323>\
**Category:** Residential - Q&A\
**Tags:** new-zealand, wellington\
**Created:** [27 September 2025 22:34 UTC](https://newkids.discourse.group/t/q-a-water-restrictions-for-wellington-region-rate-payers/323 "2025-09-27T22:34:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ABarnes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@ABarnes](https://newkids.discourse.group/u/ABarnes)\
**Post date:** [27 September 2025 22:34 UTC](https://newkids.discourse.group/t/q-a-water-restrictions-for-wellington-region-rate-payers/323/1 "2025-09-27T22:34:52Z")

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Hi Wellington community. Water restrictions are not going away. Here is a linked to a recent article that provides more insight.

Perhaps they would be better to really fix all the leaking water pipes, connections. Then would we really need any restrictions?

> **[Garden hose, sprinklers now limited to alternate days in Wellington areas](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/574365/garden-hose-sprinklers-now-limited-to-alternate-days-in-wellington-areas)**
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> Level 1 water restrictions are now in place in Wellington, Lower Hutt, and Porirua.

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**Author:** ![chris-newkids](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/newkids.discourse.group/chris-newkids/32/4_2.png) [@chris-newkids](https://newkids.discourse.group/u/chris-newkids)\
**Post date:** [28 September 2025 20:13 UTC](https://newkids.discourse.group/t/q-a-water-restrictions-for-wellington-region-rate-payers/323/2 "2025-09-28T20:13:25Z")

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👋 Hi @ABarnes. Thanks for this alert for our Wellington community. Please keep alerts and info coming. Thanks. 🙏