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Watercare Passes Key Milestone On $300M Programme To Improve Wastewater Services In Warkworth, Snells Beach & Algies Bay
Monday, 11 November 2024, 10:06 am | Watercare
The new pipeline is part of a broader programme of work by Watercare to improve the performance of the local wastewater network and support growth in Warkworth, Snells Beach and Algies Bay. More >>
Watercare's $6.3m Project To Future-proof Glenbrook’s Water Services Nears Completion
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 3:33 pm | Watercare
Instead of opting for a like-for-like repair of a damaged watermain crossing the Taihiki Estuary, Watercare saw an opportunity to deliver infrastructure that future-proofs both local water and wastewater networks. More >>
Watercare Enlists Air Support To Remove Wastewater Pipe Bridges In Pt England
Friday, 25 October 2024, 11:22 am | Watercare
Watercare enlisted the help of an Airbus helicopter to remove the last 60 metres of an old gravity sewer spanning Omaru Creek in Point England Reserve as part of completing a $51m project to upgrade the area’s wastewater network and support ... More >>
Goodbye Dunkirk Rd: Watercare Moves Out After $51m Wastewater Upgrades
Monday, 14 October 2024, 1:43 pm | Watercare
The completion of the Dunkirk wastewater upgrades marks the end of a significant journey to futureproof for current and future generations. More >>
Watercare’s Three-stage Solution For Judges Bay
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 10:05 am | Watercare
This permanent solution will replace the temporary robust repair that has been in place since last March when a broken wastewater pipeline, located approximately 25 metres beneath the Parnell Rose Gardens, was discovered during a CCTV inspection. More >>
Watercare Releases 2023/2024 Annual Report
Monday, 23 September 2024, 4:46 pm | Watercare
This year Watercare will again break our capital investment record, with a plan to invest more than $1.2billion in Auckland’s water and wastewater infrastructure. More >>
Huia 1 Watermain Works Begin In Epsom
Monday, 12 August 2024, 5:21 am | Watercare
The works will take place from the corner of Watling Street and St Andrews Road to King George Ave, and then continue down Gillies Ave all the way to the corner of Kimberley Road. More >>
Resilience And Growth At The Heart Of Watercare’s Tāmaki Upgrades
Friday, 9 August 2024, 3:41 pm | Watercare
The upgraded infrastructure will help to reduce overflows into local waterways, increase the resilience of the local wastewater network and support targeted growth in the area. The most recent of the two projects to come into service is the $51 million ... More >>
Over 500 Houses To Be Permanently Reconnected To Wastewater Network
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 9:48 am | Watercare
Watercare is starting six months of flood recovery repairs in Auckland’s North Shore this month to permanently reconnect 503 households to the wastewater network. More >>
Watercare’s Annual Infrastructure Investment Tips Over $1b Mark For First Time
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 10:41 am | Watercare
Watercare’s annual infrastructure programme has surpassed the $1billion mark for the first time, as the company delivers a record investment in Tāmaki Makaurau’s water and wastewater services. More >>
Huia 1 Watermain Ninety Per Cent Complete
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 10:03 am | Watercare
Watercare’s new Huia 1 watermain, stretching from Auckland’s western reservoirs in Titirangi to Newmarket, is on track to be in service by April next year - with 90% of the pipeline now in the ground. More >>
Watercare Finds 19 Industry Partners To Work With On Its $3.5b Asset Renewal Programme
Friday, 19 January 2024, 2:04 pm | Watercare
Nineteen consultants and contractors are starting the new year with a new long-term relationship with Auckland’s Watercare after signing on to help deliver the first stage of its ambitious $3.5b asset renewal programme. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2401/a0df7e6e2661f683cbcf.jpeg" ... More >>
Early Results From Harbour Monitoring Show Localised Impact From Sinkhole Incident
Friday, 10 November 2023, 1:14 pm | Watercare
Watercare says early results from its environmental monitoring of the Waitematā Harbour are reassuring and indicate the impact of the overflows from the Ōrākei Main Sewer blockage seems to be localised. It’s been three weeks since a wastewater ... More >>
Water Treatment Plant Back In Service For Muriwai
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 2:31 pm | Watercare
Today marks a milestone in Auckland’s post-cyclone recovery with the Muriwai Water Treatment Plant returning to service. The Muriwai Water Treatment Plant was taken out of service after Cyclone Gabrielle, when a slip caused by the February 14 weather ... More >>
Spring Cleaning This Weekend? Use Water Wisely, Watercare Urges
Friday, 20 October 2023, 1:57 pm | Watercare
With Labour Weekend presenting an opportunity for some spring cleaning or a garden spruce-up, Watercare is reminding Aucklanders to be mindful of their water use. Watercare head of water value Andrew Mercer says the 2019/2020 drought was a stark reminder ... More >>
Watercare Completes Wastewater Bypass Project To Reduce Overflows Into Waitematā Harbour
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 3:32 pm | Watercare
A wastewater bypass solution in Parnell that will significantly reduce overflows into the Waitematā Harbour is now operational after a massive 20-day effort to get it planned and built in record time. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/20b40f029a85971f61ad.jpeg" ... More >>
Watercare Making Steady Progress On Solution To Harbour Overflows
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 4:44 pm | Watercare
Watercare is making steady progress on its emergency work to build a bypass pumping solution that will transfer wastewater from the manholes on either side of the Ōrākei main sewer sinkhole and pipe blockage site. The bypass is an essential component ... More >>
Auckland Water Supply In Strong Position To Face Potentially Dry Summer
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 2:03 pm | Watercare
Auckland’s water supply is in a strong position to face a potentially dry summer, but regardless of the weather, Watercare will continue to encourage its customers to treat water as a taonga. NIWA officially declared the arrival of El Niño on Friday ... More >>
Watercare Makes Steady Progress On Solutions To Pipe Blockage
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 4:39 am | Watercare
Watercare staff and crews on site will be continuing to work around the clock this weekend and have made steady progress on solutions to the Ōrākei main sewer blockage. Watercare chief operations officer Mark Bourne says: “Our crews managed to remove ... More >>
No Swim Warning Likely To Be In Place For At Least 10 Days
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 12:44 pm | Watercare
Watercare says there’s no quick fix for the blockage in the Ōrākei main sewer and is warning Aucklanders that the no-swim warning for the Waitematā Harbour will likely be in place for up to 10 days. Watercare chief operations officer Mark Bourne ... More >>
