Wellington Water newsitems

• • Work begins on major wastewater upgrade for Wellington CBD

    • 4 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Work began this morning on the first stage of a major upgrade of wastewater infrastructure for Wellington’s CBD – the five project Wellington CBD Wastewater Renewals and Upgrades programme.
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• • New wetland restores natural environment to central Porirua

    • 30 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Te Kukuwai o Toa is the name gifted by Ngāti Toa Rangatira to the new wetland at Elsdon Park.
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Water advises a Moa Point wastewater treatment plant clarifier is being repaired which may result in reduced capacity in high rainfall events.

    • 23 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water is advising residents that there may be more frequent discharges of partially treated, diluted wastewater into Cook Strait from the Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant this winter due to one of the plant’s three clarifiers needing repair.
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    Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Stewart Duff Drive, Moa Point, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Resumption of fluoridation at Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants

    • 3 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water is aiming to have fluoride back in the drinking water at the Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants in September 2022.
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• • Update on Wellington Water fluoridation inquiry

    • 27 May 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • The independent inquiry into events that resulted in Wellington Water stopping fluoridation of drinking water at the Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants is close to completion and is expected to be released, along with the organisation’s response, by early July.
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• • Martinborough residents asked to conserve water

    • 6 May 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Following a chlorination dosing fault at the Ruamahanga Water Treatment Plant, Martinborough residents are asked to conserve water
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• • Wellington Water updates on work to restore fluoride to Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants

    • 8 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water continues to work at pace to restore fluoride to the Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants.
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• • Scope and terms of reference set for Wellington Water fluoridation inquiry

    • 4 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • The Wellington Water Board has set the scope and terms of reference for an independent inquiry into events that resulted in Wellington Water ceasing fluoridation of drinking water at the Te Marua and Gear Island water treatment plants. 
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• • Wellington Water Committee welcomes new board member

    • 25 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Nick Leggett has been appointed to the board of Wellington Water. Wellington Water’s shareholders confirmed the appointment on Friday 18 March following a thorough selection process.
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• • Wellington Water provides more detail on plan to get fluoride back in the drinking water in the Wellington metropolitan area

    • 18 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Today Wellington Water’s Director Regulatory Services, Charles Barker, has outlined plans to get fluoride facilities back up and running at our Te Marua and Gear Island Water Treatment Plants, as well as improvements to increase the consistency of fluoride levels in our Waterloo and Wainuiomata Water Treatment Plants.
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Board of Wellington Water announces independent inquiry on fluoridation of drinking water

    • 17 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • The Board of Wellington Water is announcing that there will be an independent inquiry into the events that resulted in two of Wellington’s water treatment plants ceasing fluoridation of drinking water.
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• • Wellington’s drinking water fluoridation facilities are aging and in need of repair

    • 16 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water is working quickly to repair equipment that fluoridates the regional drinking water supply, which a recent review found has not been delivering fluoridated water to specification.
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• • Residential Water Restrictions Move To Level 1

    • 4 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • From today, on the advice of Wellington Water, our six client councils have made the decision to move to Water Restriction Level 1.
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• • Urgent Boil Water Notice for Newlands

    • 3 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water advises that all drinking water on 111-113 Glanmire Road, 116 - 222 Glanmire Road, 231 Glanmire Road, 36 - 46 Domett Street and 41-43 Domett Street, Newlands, must be boiled before being used for drinking, food preparation or brushing teeth.
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    Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • New Kaitoke Pipe Bridge will be ‘an amazing sight to see’

    • 1 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Yesterday’s ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of a project that will increase the resilience of our water supply and provide a platform to appreciate some of our region’s most stunning scenery.  The new Kaitoke Regional Park Arch bridge will replace the current pipe bridge, safeguarding the supply of drinking water for our region.
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• • Water outage for all residents in Brooklyn, Vogeltown, Kingston and Mornington

    • 19 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Residents in Brooklyn, Kingston, Vogeltown and Mornington are currently out of water due to a broken pipeline found yesterday at the Brooklyn Reservoir that feeds water supply into the Reservoir.
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    Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Featherston Boil Water Notice Update 3

    • 19 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • UPDATE: We have organised a water tanker for residents, which will be set up at Fox St, opposite the skate park from 8am tomorrow morning (Sunday 20 Feb).
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• • UPDATE: All drinking water must be boiled in Featherston

    • 18 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Our team is working to prepare the new Waiohine Water Treatment Plant Reservoir to allow us to flush the Featherston water network of any contamination.
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• • Featherston Boil Water Notice Update 2

    • 15 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • UPDATE: All drinking water must be boiled in Featherston. The boil water notice applies to all businesses and residents connected to the urban water supply. Boiling water will kill all disease-causing organisms, water must be boiled before drinking, making baby formula, juice, or ice, washing fruit and vegetables, preparing food or cooking or brushing teeth.
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• • Featherston Boil Water Notice Update

    • 14 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • UPDATE: All drinking water must be boiled in Featherston Today our crews are working to isolate the Boar Bush Reservoir from the rest of the Featherston drinking water network.
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• • URGENT: All drinking water must be boiled in Featherston

    • 13 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water advises that all drinking water in Featherston must be boiled before being used for drinking, food preparation or brushing teeth.
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• • Work begins on Pipe Duplication Project

    • 10 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • The first sod was turned today to mark the start of work on the Barber Grove to Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant Pipe Duplication Project.
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• • Wellington Water accepts all recommendations from independent review of wastewater treatment operations

    • 3 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Wellington Water, as per the review timeline, has received the findings of the independent review into the operating model with Veolia - who is responsible for running all the wastewater treatment plants in the metropolitan Wellington region.
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• • Water restrictions move to Level 2

    • 21 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Following the recent warm and dry weather, a significant increase in water use, and dropping river levels, a ban on the use of sprinklers and irrigation systems is being put in place for metropolitan Wellington and South Wairarapa. On the advice…
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• • Water restrictions on water races

    • 21 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Water
    • Following the recent warm and dry weather and a significant drop in river levels, restrictions have been placed on the water takes from the Waiohine River.
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• • Start date announced for pipe duplication project

    • 14 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Water
    • Hutt Valley residents are set to benefit from an ambitious project that will strengthen the local wastewater network in event of a major earthquake.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Paremata project forging ahead, despite the deluge

    • 10 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Water
    • As we dry ourselves off from the most recent weather bomb to explode over the Wellington region, you could be forgiven for thinking we’d taken a brief step back in time. We were last left this drenched over two dismal days in mid-July, which caused a section of pipe between the Whitford Brown interchange and Paremata to burst twice.
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• • Never a dull moment

    • 3 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Water
    • Sheena O’Brien is 22 and came to Wellington Water straight from the University of Canterbury. Auckland-born she’s settled into Wellington and is enjoying her first full-time role.
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• • Wellington Water's Quarterly close-up

    • 3 Dec 2021
    • Wellington Water
    • Every quarter we'll be sharing a summary of the key things we've achieved in the previous three months. We call these our Quarterly Close Ups and each issue will be published on our website and made available to the public. 
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• • Water Committee meets to discuss water conservation and our 30-year investment plan. 

    • 30 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Water
    • The Wellington Water Committee met today (Monday 29 November) to discuss a range of work programmes, including water conservation this summer and the 30-year investment plan.  
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