Severe weather conditions from Wednesday 30 April to Friday 2 May may impact the network
Severe weather conditions may impact the network

Due to severe weather conditions forecasted from today, 30 April until Friday 2 May, there may be impacts on the network, 

Heavy rain increases the chance of excess stormwater entering the wastewater network, which it doesn’t have capacity for. This means there is a higher risk of wastewater overflows during wet weather events or emergencies such as major power cuts.

Our operations team are checking known risk areas and working to ensure that the stormwater network will be running as smoothly as possible. 

 
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Published 25/01/2023

Have your say on managing stormwater to reduce pollution

Wellington Water is inviting you to have your say on a draft strategy for reducing the discharge of pollution from the urban stormwater networks in Porirua, Wellington, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt. 

The draft Stormwater Management Strategy focuses on removing contamination at source, and planning improvements at a sub-catchment (suburb or neighbourhood) level. You can read more about it here

To help you understand the strategy, ask questions and provide feedback, Wellington Water is hosting three public workshops in February, two online and one in-person as follows:

  • 14 February 11:30-1:00pm (online) 
  • 15 February 12:00-1:30pm (online)
  • 16 February 5:30pm-7.30pm at Rutherford House, Mezzanine Level RHMZ2, Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea campus, 33 Bunny Street.

 

If you’re keen to attend, please RSVP to stormwater@wellingtonwater.co.nz by Friday 10 February, letting us know which workshop you want to attend, and we will send an electronic notification with all the necessary details.

You can have your say without coming to a workshop by

Media Enquiries

Email address:  Media@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Phone number: 021 302 259