News and media

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

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22/06/2020

Major outage impacting Featherston water supply

Wellington Water, SWDC and Regional Public Health are working closely together towards lifting Featherston’s Boil Water Notice. The Notice needs to remain in place until testing confirms the water is safe, following the major breakage to the main on Friday.

19/06/2020

URGENT: All drinking water must be boiled in Featherston until further notice

All drinking water in Featherston must be boiled before drinking or using for food preparation or dental hygiene, due to the interruption of supply to Featherston following this morning’s outage.

2/06/2020

Mt Albert sludge pipeline repair success

Despite the additional challenge of the global pandemic both pipes were successfully relined by the end of May 2020, thanks to the multi-disciplinary team brought together to deliver this innovative repair.

31/05/2020

Victoria Street pipe burst update

The burst section of wastewater pipe in Victoria Street has now been repaired and everything is back up and running normally.

29/05/2020

Update on Victoria Street pipe burst

Good progress has been made to repair a wastewater pipe in Victoria Street in the Wellington CBD, after it burst last night.

26/05/2020

Update on work to reduce pollution in Titahi Bay

Wellington Water Ltd, on behalf of Porirua City Council, has a programme of work underway to improve Porirua’s wastewater treatment plant and pipe network, which will reduce pollution on the coast at Titahi Bay and in the Harbour.

24/05/2020

Sludge trucking ends as first stage of Mt Albert repair successfully completed

The first of the Mt Albert sludge pipelines to be repaired using a high-strength liner has been returned to full operation, following a comprehensive testing programme and reconnection to the wastewater network.

11/05/2020

Mt Albert sludge pipeline repair a step closer to completion

Wellington Water has this weekend installed a high-strength liner through the first of two 1.8km sludge pipelines beneath Mt Albert.

6/05/2020

Project work at alert level 3

Under Alert Level 3 we’ve been able to bring more of our projects back up to speed.

29/04/2020

Major work ready to start on Mt Albert sludge pipeline repair

A temporary speed hump installed in Adelaide Road today signals the start of major repair works on the Mt Albert high-pressure sludge pipelines, following the arrival in Wellington of a team of specialist international technicians and essential materials and equipment.