Horowhenua District Council advises that Water Conservation Level 2 is in place for Foxton and Foxton Beach from Monday 15 December 2025 until further notice.
To ensure water demand does not exceed the available supply, people are being asked to conserve water.
Water conservation is a team effort and everyone should be mindful of their water use. There are easy things we can do during Water Conservation Level 2 which play a significant part in conserving water, and we thank everyone doing their bit to help.
Watering private gardens
- Garden sprinklers may only be used from 5am to 7am and from 7pm to 9pm on alternate days as follows:
- Houses with even street numbers on even dates.
- Houses with odd numbers on odd dates.
- Soak hoses must not be used at any time.
- Handheld hoses, watering cans or buckets can be used on your odd/even dates, at any time.
Public Parks, gardens and road reserves watering
Watering by bore water only.
Cleaning paved areas
Hosing of paved areas is banned unless cleaning is required as a result of an accident, fire, health hazard or other emergency.
Filling or topping up private swimming pools or spas
- Existing swimming pools and spas may be topped up between 6am and 8am and between 5pm and 7pm on Wednesdays.
- Filling new or empty swimming pools and spas is banned.
- Portable paddling pools of no more than 100L may be filled using a garden hose at any time.
Boat washing facilities
Flow restricted to 1.5 litres per minute.
Commercial customers
Commercial customers with very high water demand are advised to take all practicable measures to reduce water use and to contact Council before any major water use.
Thank you for doing your part to conserve water. Every drop counts, and these small changes can help avoid Level 3 or 4 water restrictions.
Find out more
For further information view our Water Conservation and Restrictions page.