Parts of Allenton may experience low water pressure over the next three weeks as part of work to upgrade the Argyle Park water treatment plant.

The plant is currently shut down while contractors are connecting the existing bores with pipework and UV equipment that is being installed in a new building next to the existing facility on Middle Road.

The work has the potential to create low water pressure because Allenton will be serviced by other treatment plants on the Ashburton network while the Argyle Park plant is offline. Water from the tap remains safe to drink.

Low pressure might be more noticeable in the morning, when many households are using water at the same time as people prepare for work or school; pressure may also be lower in the early evening.

The upgrade project is an important milestone in a year-long programme to add UV disinfection at all Council drinking water supplies around the district.

The new Argyle Park UV equipment is on track to be fully operational by the end of August.