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wednesday 20 February 2019
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Severe water restrictions loom Sara Hollyman
Nelson is looking “down the barrel” of severe water restrictions as city faces lowest water levels in 15 years. The Maitai Dam, which provides the bulk of Nelson’s water supply, is currently at 170.89m and is losing 80 to 90mls a day. It is
understood that the dam is now 3m below its full level. In April 2006, it reached a level of 170.45m above sea level, the lowest since monitoring this way began in 2004. “We are looking down the barrel of the next level of restrictions to come into play soon, if we don’t get rain,” says councillor Stuart
Walker. Nelson has 19,032 residential connections who use on average 272 litres each per day, more than 5 million litres a day in total. Residents and businesses are urged to comply with these water restrictions now to protect the long-term water supply. “There is a genuine need to con-
serve as much water as we can, it may not be the most desirable thing for people to cut back but it’s a matter of prudence at this point,” says Stuart. Nelson is in stage two water restrictions which places a total ban on sprinklers except for areas of high-value such as bowling greens, golf courses, cricket
pitches and public gardens. “Essentially these are areas that will take months or years and potentially many thousands of dollars to reinstate,” says Nelson City Council acting group manager infrastructure Marg Parfitt. After a post on a social media
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The magic barman Charles Anderson A Peruvian marketing graduate walks into a Nelson bar and asks for a job. The owner asks what he can do. The Peruvian says: “I can do magic.” He is hired. “That was like a magic trick,” says Nico Muto, who arrived in town from Lima about two months ago. The bar owner was Nick Widley of the new Hardy St establishment, Kismet. When Nico arrived, the sister bar to the Cod & Lobster was just on the verge of being finished. Nico had just completed his marketing degree from the University of Lima and was looking for a break. He also happens to be a professional magician. Nick happened to be a sometime juggler. “Maybe we had a connection,” Nico says.
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Magical bar tender Nico Muto is the latest attraction at Kismet on Hardy St. Photo: Charles Anderson.
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