Methven residents are being asked to conserve water again on Friday 27 May during rescheduled work on the Methven drinking water supply. The work will begin at 6am and should be complete by 3pm.

Contractors will be cutting in a second underground pipe at the water treatment plant so no water will be flowing into the plant, however there will be enough water in the reservoir to service the town if people use it conservatively.

Infrastructure Services Group Manager Neil McCann said the work was being done in advance of a new treatment plant, and while two new water reservoirs were under construction at the site.

“We cut in the first pipe on 13 May and the second pipe will be cut in on Friday 27 May. The work should be done in six hours, but we do ask people to conserve their water use where possible to avoid draining the reservoir. People can still have showers and flush toilets, but minimise activity on that would use large amounts of water.

The work was originally scheduled for earlier this week, but postponed due to a technical issue.

”We appreciated the efforts Methven residents made last time to conserve water and we thank them in advance for doing the same on Friday,” Mr McCann said.

The work is being done by ACL and Reliant Solutions.