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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Keep up to date with the latest news from Wellington Water and our mahi here.

 

For media queries contact 021 302 259 or email media@wellingtonwater.co.nz. 

16/12/2020
Work begins on upgrading the Porirua wastewater treatment plant
Work has begun to upgrade the Porirua Wastewater Treatment Plant, with the installation of new ultra-violet (UV) disinfection equipment that will increase the volume of wastewater that can be disinfected.

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7/12/2020
Water Committee majority votes for further work on metering
Metropolitan Wellington faces significant pressure on the delivery of safe and reliable drinking water to communities. Due to ageing pipes and reservoirs, population growth and increasing demand, and the need to look after the health and mauri of our water sources, the region needs to take action to address how much water it is using.

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25/11/2020
Wellington Water Committee receives economic report on water meters
The Wellington Water Committee is pleased to receive the Economic Case for Providing Residential Water Consumption Information that evaluates a range of options to reduce water demand, support customer engagement, reduce environmental impacts, and improve network management.

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10/11/2020
Hutt residents asked for views on improving the wastewater network to reduce overflows
Wellington Water is asking for public input about the impact of any wastewater overflows in their local area.

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8/11/2020
Water main burst - Severn Street Island Bay
The number of properties in Severn Street affected by the water outage has been reduced from 250 properties to 70 (between 15-77 Severn Street).

However, those left without water to their homes will have another significant wait until service can be restored – the estimated time of repair is at least 8 hours.

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21/10/2020
Managing flood risk in the Wellington Region
We are undertaking a modelling programme to provide us with a better understanding of flood prone areas in the Wellington region.

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1/10/2020
All Martinborough residents and businesses are urged to conserve water
Repairs at the treatment plant have been successful, and we are currently working to bring the plant back online.

Thanks again to the residents of Martinborough for their conservation efforts so far. We continue to ask residents to keep their conservation efforts up through the weekend until Monday to assist with reservoir recovery.

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25/09/2020
Porirua wastewater treatment plant consent application update
Porirua City Council is in the process of seeking a consent to continue operating the wastewater treatment plant for the next 20 years.

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8/09/2020
Two new directors appointed to the Board of Wellington Water
The Wellington Water Committee has appointed two new directors to the Board of Wellington Water; Kim Skelton and Mike Underhill.

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28/08/2020
Wellington councils lodge $47m funding application to improve water pipes, create jobs
The chair of the Wellington Water Committee, David Bassett, said today’s submission of a delivery plan for $47.3 million of Government stimulus funding for three waters investment was the result of the constructive and cooperative approach among Wellington Water’s six council owners.

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