A full closure to Crown Range Road will be in place between State Highway 6 and the top of the zig zags from Monday 25 to Friday 29 November, between 8.00am and 4.00pm. Full details available on our website and Facebook page.

Please note that some of our online services will be unavailable on Friday 22 November from 7.00pm for approximately 3-4 hours due to planned system maintenance. Payments can still be made by internet banking (via your bank) while our online payment services are offline. If a service is unavailable, please retry after 11.00pm.

Water restrictions in Queenstown Lakes District


Why are restrictions needed?

If Queenstown Lakes District residents use water faster than we can make it, the amount of water in the reservoir will decrease.  

Every local community will have different trigger points for when water restrictions are needed based on the characteristics of their local supply. In general, if water usage is ramping up then the appropriate alert levels will be imposed and adjusted as needed.  

Water restriction levels

We continuously monitor water production vs usage reservoir levels across all our water schemes and alert levels will be lifted once usage drops to an acceptable level, normally coinciding with cooler and wetter weather.  

Knowing what your alert level is

You can check your current alert level below, as well as find signage in your local community. We will also notify changes via our Community Text alerts and Facebook page.

Whakatipu Restrictions Map

Upper Clutha Restrictions Map