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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Te Mārua emergency Hutt River pumps

The Te Mārua emergency Hutt River pumps need to be deployed at the Te Mārua Swimming Hole to enable a critical piece of work to take place on the Kaitoke Flume Bridge project.
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The Te Mārua emergency Hutt River pumps need to be deployed at the Te Mārua Swimming Hole to enable a critical piece of work to take place on the Kaitoke Flume Bridge project.

Start Date
18/03/2024
End Date
31/05/2024
Contact:

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

Wellington Water, 04 912 4400

The Te Mārua emergency Hutt River pumps allow us to abstract raw water from the Hutt River at Te Mārua if the normal Kaitoke Weir, Tunnels or Flume Bridge are not able to. This is a key piece of infrastructure that improves the resilience of the water supply network and will allow us to continue to supply raw water to the Te Mārua Water Treatment Plant.  We will be deploying these pumps during March 2024 so that they are on standby in April 2024 during a critical piece of work that will be taking place on the Kaitoke Flume Bridge. During this time there will be limited access to the Hutt River between Rivendell and the Te Mārua Swimming Hole.

If you have plans to utilise the river during this time, can you please contact Jonathan on 027 688 1917 to discuss.