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Crews have stopped a wastewater overflow that occurred in Hutt River/Te Awa Kairangi near Silverstream, but residents are asked to avoid Hutt River/Te Awa Kairangi downstream of Silverstream and Petone beach until further notice.

Wellington Water advises that the boil water notice has been lifted for all of Thompson Street and 77 Nairn Street, Mount Cook as of Tuesday, 17 June.

Wellington Water advises that residents of all properties on Thompson Street, Mt Cook, must boil their water before it is used for drinking, food preparation or dental hygiene.

Wellington Water will begin critical works to line a section of an aging wastewater pipe underneath State Highway 2 (SH2) in three weeks.

Today, Wellington Water updated shareholding councils on work underway to make wide ranging improvements to achieve better value for money, and advised significant change is still needed.

This ongoing work addresses a requirement from councils for us to find better value for money as well as recommendations made in the independent review of an error in our budgeting advice for councils’ 2024-34 Long Term Plans. The review found issues with organisational structure, systems and processes, lack of strong checks and balances, lack of strategic leadership and wider problems with organisational culture.

Wellington Water will soon begin critical rehabilitation work on the Western Hills Sewer Main, a key wastewater pipeline running beneath State Highway 2 (SH2) in Lower Hutt.