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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Projects / Regional Manhole Cover Safety Upgrades

Regional Manhole Cover Safety Upgrades

Overview
Current status

Wellington Water is upgrading and improving the safety of manholes in the wastewater and stormwater networks around the region.

Start Date
16/10/2023
End Date
15/04/2024
Contact:

If you have any questions about this work, please contact:

Wellington Water, 04 912 4400

Commencing October 2023, we will be working on improving the safety of manhole covers in stormwater and wastewater networks in the Upper Hutt City area on behalf of Hutt City Council.

The work will be taking place in the road reserve  as well as in some private properties.

It  will involve some initial investigations followed by installing safety grills to manholes to provide protection against falling into manholes in case the manhole cover becomes dislodged in a storm event.

The work will take place inside the manholes so will not require reinstatement. 

However there will be some restricted parking and traffic management around the worksites.