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Water can be collected from a number of different sources.

Surface Water

This includes rivers and streams. A water catchment area is the area over which water runs before it reaches a river, stream or lake.

Groundwater Wells

Some rain is absorbed directly into the soil. This water collects underground in an 'aquifer' in a similar way that surface water collects to form a lake. An aquifer can be accessed by digging bores (or wells).

Springs

Springs are groundwater that has burst through the ground. Bores do not need to be drilled to harvest this water.

Dunedin's Water

Dunedin's water comes from all of these sources:

• Deep Stream, Deep Creek, and the Silver Stream are the main water sources to Dunedin City.
• The Taieri Bores are used to supplement the supply the above sources.
• Mosgiel's water comes from an aquifer beneath the suburb via bores.
• Waikouaiti, West Taieri, Waitati and Warrington source water from the Waikouaiti River, Waipori River, Weatherstons Creek and an unnamed spring respectively.