Drinking water rider main renewals
On behalf of Hutt City Council and Wellington City Council, we are renewing galvanised iron pipes in parts of the public drinking water network to improve performance and reduce leakage.
If you have any questions about this work, please contact:
Wellington Water, 04 912 4400
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We are on track to complete these renewals before Christmas - reducing leakage and saving water.
After completing the initial 7 streets (below) work upgrading and renewing galvanised iron pipes commenced in October on a further three streets in Wainuiomata:
- Rowe Parade, Wainuiomata - to be completed end of November
- Coast Road - to be completed end of November
- Gibbs Crescent - to be completed before Christmas.
Work has been completed across the following seven locations that have been prioritised.
- Ruthven Road, Wainuiomata
- Hamerton Street, Naenae
- Wright Street, Wainuiomata
- Hay Street, Naenae
- Hyde Street, Wainuiomata
- Eldon Grove, Taita
- Lancaster Street, Karori
During this project we will need to turn the water off for a short time - after business hours. We will notify residents and businesses in advance.
What are we doing?
We are renewing existing galvanised iron pipes that service drinking water to parts of the following locations:
- Ruthven Road, Wainuiomata
- Hamerton Street, Naenae
- Wright Street, Wainuiomata
- Hay Street, Naenae
- Hyde Street, Wainuiomata
- Eldon Grove, Taita
- Lancaster Street, Karori
Why are we doing this?
These galvanised iron pipes are nearing the end of their design life and we need to renew them to reduce leaks, prevent bursts and increase the resilience of the network.
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With seven streets in Lower Hutt and Wellington already done, our G.P. Friel crews commenced a further three streets in October, and expect to be finished before Christmas.
- Rowe Street - to be finished by the end of November
- Coast Road - to be finished by the end of November
- Gibbs Crescent - to be completed before Christmas.
This project has upgraded and replaced approximately 1665m of leaking galvanised iron rider mains across these all these streets, as well as replacing 93 customer connections. This results in significant water savings through addressing leakage in the network.
About 95% of the work has been done using trenchless techniques resulting in less disruption for residents and carbon saving for the work.
The project has also been working with career support agency Raranga – who are running a training programme that supports people entering the construction industry. This photo shows some of the trainees learning about 'Horizontal Directional Drilling', a trenchless technique.