Removing sewage before it goes septic is main focus of Wellington water company

Early Wednesday morning, Wellington's Moa Point Treatment Plant was flooded by raw sewage - causing it to shut down and be evacuated.

RNZ

Well shite Wellington, literally shite

(at least those Māori didn't get any say though right?)

Thanks racists

#NZpol #3Waters

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/586113/screened-wastewater-now-being-discharged-straight-into-cook-strait

Screened wastewater now being discharged straight into Cook Strait

Wellington Water said screened wastewater was now discharging to the long outfall pipe again.

RNZ
Wellington's Moa Point Wastewater Plant floods, shuts down, fix could take months

Sewage is pouring in the sea after the Moa Point plant flooded and shut down.

RNZ

@ArrestJK

Canceling #3Waters is yet another example of the economic sabotage this #NZPol Coalition of Incompetence is responsible for.

When the Luxon government lobbed all of the government's Three Waters costs onto Councils, I'm sure even ardent Nat fanbois didn't expect reality to hit this hard.

In Waitaki the Council has approved a plan to increase water charges by 90% over two years from $1352 to $2566. That's water only... it doesn't include rates.

https://archive.ph/1Nihe

Queenstown Lakes has signed off on rises which will take the current average $1,500 water bill to $4,889 over eight years.

That is unsustainable for many people. It's never been more expensive to live alone.

https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/new-qldc-cco-water-charges-set-to-rise-to-a-future/

#NZPol #3Waters #ThreeWaters

‘Crippling’ bills likely in South Wairarapa with water reform

The council's deputy mayor has written to Local Government Minister Simon Watts urging him to support small and rural councils grappling with the growing scale and cost.

RNZ

Gore -- don't drink the water due to elevated nitrate levels.

The story doesn't dare hint at what may have caused those elevated nitrate levels. Maybe it's farming runoff, or maybe we'll never know.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/gore-residents-warned-not-drink-towns-water

#NZ #Nitrates #3Waters

Gore residents warned to not drink town's water

Gore residents have been told to avoid drinking the town's water after elevated nitrate levels were found in routine testing. Gore District Council...

Otago Daily Times Online News

@ClareBear They should write to their MPs. Let me check:

Napier - Katie Nimon, National Party
Tukituki - Catherine Wedd, National Party

Perhaps they'll know who cancelled 3 Waters

#nzpol #3Waters

Hawke's Bay residents outraged over council's proposed water rate hike

Hawke's Bay has some of the highest rates in the country due to three waters, roading and debt servicing.

RNZ

Look at what we've done. We disagree with the #Māori health authority, it wasn't working. It didn't deliver outcomes, it was massive bureaucracy. We didn't agree with co-governance of #3Waters. We've disbanded that. We didn't agree with actually Wellington mandated local Māori wards we opposed in opposition and we've actually pushed that back to local communities. That's how you deal with the issues. Case by case.

#NZPol 7/