Rebecca Greaves | Farmer's Weekly Senior Reporter on Heretaunga Plains Aquifer Water Shortages
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There is a big gap with the water available and what communities and primary producers need from the Heretaunga Plains Aquifer system in the Hawkes Bay region.
Regional Council plan changes could also make growers unviable with modelling showing a 4 billion dollar cost to the local economy.
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