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There will be a new multi-council-owned water organisation that will take charge of drinking water, wastewater and reticulated stormwater services within the boundaries of Hutt City, Porirua City, Upper Hutt City and Wellington City, from 1 July 2026.

Wellington Water advises that the boil water notice has been lifted for all of Thompson Street and 77 Nairn Street, Mount Cook as of Tuesday, 17 June.

Wellington Water advises that residents of all properties on Thompson Street, Mt Cook, must boil their water before it is used for drinking, food preparation or dental hygiene.

Wellington Water will begin critical works to line a section of an aging wastewater pipe underneath State Highway 2 (SH2) in three weeks.

Today, Wellington Water updated shareholding councils on work underway to make wide ranging improvements to achieve better value for money, and advised significant change is still needed.

This ongoing work addresses a requirement from councils for us to find better value for money as well as recommendations made in the independent review of an error in our budgeting advice for councils’ 2024-34 Long Term Plans. The review found issues with organisational structure, systems and processes, lack of strong checks and balances, lack of strategic leadership and wider problems with organisational culture.

Wellington Water will soon begin critical rehabilitation work on the Western Hills Sewer Main, a key wastewater pipeline running beneath State Highway 2 (SH2) in Lower Hutt.

Featherston and Greytown will move to Level 2 Water Restrictions at 12.01AM on Monday 17 February 2025, meaning a ban on sprinklers and irrigation systems for residential households.