Pool sales up amid nationwide drought and water restrictionsANDY JACKSON/STUFF Hot weather has sent pool sales soaring. Since late November the number of pool sales on Trade Me has increased 84 per cent to more than 200 a . READ MORE:* Wellington a week away from further water restrictions* Napier water restrictions downgraded after review of reservoir levels* Alternate irrigating days and reducing your use: Water restrictions already in placeEvery region in New Zealand is facing some sort of water restriction, with some such as Southland facing the driest start to summer since 1990. But usage continues to outstrip supply, causing Wellington Water to draw increasingly from the city's emergency supply lakes at Te Marua in Upper Hutt. A Wellington Water spokesman said: "Now is not the time to fill up pools, when other people are doing their best to save water".

Source: Stuff December 07, 2017 01:52 UTC