News and media

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

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8/05/2023

Multiple water outages in Porirua

20/04/2023

Gracefield Reservoir is offline

13/04/2023

Wellington Water – water infrastructure announcement response

5/04/2023

Wellington Water and Hutt City Council release joint review on Point Howard Slip

Wellington Water and Hutt City Council have released a joint review on the slip on Howard Road in March. The review examined what happened in the weeks and months leading up to the slip and has identified lessons both organisations can learn from and implement.

27/03/2023

New storage tank to improve environmental outcomes for Porirua

Construction is about to begin on a wastewater storage tank in Porirua which will reduce discharges to Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour.

20/03/2023

Building resilience for Wellington’s wastewater network

19/03/2023

Boil Water Notice lifted for Point Howard

14/03/2023

Boil water notice issued for Point Howard

A boil water notice has been issued for parts of Point Howard in Lower Hutt with immediate effect, following a slip located at 78 Howard Road.

9/03/2023

New water reservoir proposed for Lower Hutt

The proposed new reservoir would be able to store 15 million litres of water, equivalent to six Olympic sized swimming pools and provide drinking water to more than 50,000 residents.

7/03/2023

Drinking water rules change, water remains safe to drink

New rules introduced by Taumata Arowai, the national water services regulator, late last year mean the Waterloo Treatment Plant no longer complies with chlorine rules. The change impacts up to 800 Lower Hutt households.