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 2/02/2023

Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant gas levels returning to normal

Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant operations are returning to normal as gas levels continue to drop following yesterday’s fire. No one was hurt in the incident, and there was no danger to the public.

The fire was reported at 4.30pm on Wednesday. It was brought under control within an hour by Fire and Emergency, who took over the site following high gas level readings as a result of the fire. FENZ has now left the site and Veolia engineers are able to enter.

Temporary ventilation to disperse the gas may lead to a localised increase in odour levels. These are being monitored.

The plant continued to treat wastewater throughout the incident and was operated remotely. Engineers are now able to assess the impact on equipment and are working to repair some plant that was affected by the fire.

Wellington Water and operator Veolia are monitoring operations and are hopeful treatment will continue uninterrupted.

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