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. 

 

Projects / Western wastewater treatment plant outfall pipe renewal

Western wastewater treatment plant outfall pipe renewal

Overview
Current status
Background

On behalf of Wellington City Council, we are upgrading and realigning the outfall pipe at the treatment plant after it was damaged in a slip. This work will improve the resilience of the pipe .

Start Date
13/03/2023
Contact:

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

Wellington Water, 04 912 4400

The pipe renewal is now complete.

The outfall pipe at the Western wastewater treatment plant carries fully treated effluent out to Cook Strait.

In February 2022, it was damaged by a slip during a severe wet weather event. The pipe was was repaired, but was damaged again by a further slip during a subsequent wet weather event.

To address this and ensure the resilience of the pipe, work is now underway to stabilise the surrounding area and realign the pipe, including building a pipe bridge to further protect it from the risk of slips and damage from severe weather events.

Until this work is completed fully treated effluent is being discharged into Karori Stream, which is being continually monitored.