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. 

 
In this section
About us / News and media / News and media / Lake Ferry wastewater treatment plant – flooding damage being investigated

Published 13/07/2022

Lake Ferry wastewater treatment plant – flooding damage being investigated

UPDATE: 6.40PM, 13/7/22

Repairs to the flood damaged UV system have restored the UV treatment to 75% capacity. The treatment plant is back to acceptable operation with UV treated discharge to the wetland.

We'll provide further updates tomorrow.
-----

UPDATE: 5PM 13 July 2022
----
Our crews are on site today investigating damage to equipment at the Lake Ferry Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has resulted in partially treated wastewater being discharged onto land. This has been caused by recent flooding in the area. We will provide a further update as soon as possible, once our crews have completed a full inspection on site.

Media Enquiries

Email address:  Media@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Phone number: 021 302 259