Papamoa residents should wake to a plentiful water supply this morning following a night of water problems.

Water was reduced to very low pressure or out altogether for most of the Papamoa area from around 10.30pm.

Tauranga City Council says there is likely to be a lot of air in the system as the supply gets back to normal.

'Water may appear milky or discoloured at first. Residents are advised to run a cold tap for several minutes to until the water clears,” says a council spokesperson.

Problems with the supply began yesterday evening after a fault with the pressure-reducing valve that feeds Papamoa.

This valve is effectively a gate that slows down the high-pressure water supply coming from the Joyce Road Water Processing Plant.

'Under normal conditions that problem could have been managed by supplying Papamoa with water from the Poplar Lane reservoir,” says council.

'A separate electrical problem with a valve control at the reservoir meant that water could not be released from the reservoir into the system.”

At 1am there was still another few hours of work anticipated before the Poplar Lane reservoir valve was expected to be working again.

Water can be then supplied to Papamoa from the reservoir while the pressure-reducing valve repair is completed.