Just when you thought Wellington’s water woes couldn’t get any worse, they have.
The city is facing severe water shortages with warnings residents may have to boil their drinking water and some suburbs could run completely dry.
People have queued for hours to get their hands on emergency water tanks.
It comes as the city is losing 44 per cent of its treated drinking water to leaks, making for a communications nightmare when it comes to telling locals to conserve water.
So, how did it get to this point and why did councils let the situation get so bad before acting?
Today on The Front Page, Greater Wellington Regional Council chairman Daran Ponter joins us to discuss the looming crisis.
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