A water tanker will be situated in the Wellington suburb of Karori as an outage continues to affect the area.
Around 50 properties on Karori Road and Natalie Way were affected after a water main burst overnight.
The tanker will be near 409 Karori Rd for residents to use as a temporary water supply.
Service was expected to be restored at 10am.
The capital has had a string of water failings in recent times. The previous incident to this was a burst water main on a major traffic route in the CBD.
Wellington Water chief executive Tonia Haskell stepped down earlier this month in the wake of a scathing report, which called the organisation immature, with inadequate systems and processes and a dysfunctional culture.
The cost of fixing the city’s pipes could see other council spending scaled back, Mayor Tory Whanau said earlier this year.
Data released under the Local government Official Information Act in July showed Wainuiomata was the leakiest suburb, with a large number of problems also reported in Trentham, Upper Hutt, Karori and Whitby.
The cost of fixing the water network has been estimated in the several billions of dollars.
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