Foxton

Reservoir Capacity 

Reservoir capacity is 1100 m3 at ground level plus there is capacity in the water tower of 450 m3

Water Source

Water bores at Harbour St (1994) and at Ladys Mile (2002).

Consent expires 2009 for the Harbour St bore (consent no 4201, 3600 m3/day) and in 2017 for the bore at Ladys Mile (consent no 102052, 3000 m3/day).

The reticulation comprises some 16 km of pipe ranging in size from 200mm down to 25mm. The reticulation consists of a range of materials being predominantly cast iron pipe reputedly being originally gas pipes subsequently taken over for water reticulation.  Other pipe types include asbestos cement, PVC and wrought iron.