As at 6pm 30 November 2024 there are 45 articles
Wellington Water Seaview Plant Upgrades
Living with ‘the stench’: the smelly New Zealand city with an air of despair (The Guardian – 29/11/24)
Smells like a plan: commitments given over Seaview stench (Simon Edwards – 28/11/24)
Emotions run high as Hutt Valley residents told no stench fix for four years (RNZ – 26/11/24)
Hutt residents told stench staying for years (Otago Daily Times – 26/11/24)
Wellington’s sewage plants ‘obsolete and outdated’ (The Post – 19/11/24)
No ‘silver bullet’ for stench, agencies tell Seaview residents (The Post – 25/11/24)
Wellington wastewater company redundancies possible (The Post – 14/11/24)
Seaview waste water treatment plant adds second deodoriser (RNZ – 24/10/24)
Smell had worsened; Lower Hutt Seaview wastewater treatment plant adds second deodoriser (NZ Herald – 24/10/24)
Seaview wastewater treatment plant smell putting off customers – businesses (RNZ Checkpoint – 24/10/24)
Legal action considered over stinky Seaview wastewater plant (The Post – 22/10/24)
The stink over a Lower Hutt suburb that has locals gagging (The Post – 20/10/24)
Report lays out the scale of Wellington water woes (The Post – 12/10/24)
Mayor says Lower Hutt sewage stench may never be fixed unless new plant built (The Post – 4/10/24)
‘Seaview stench’ at pungent peak, Hutt locals say (TVNZ – 4/10/24)
Fault with Lower Hutt Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant’s sludge dryer leads to fresh complaints about ‘gag-worthy’ smell (NZ Herald – 1/10/24)
“Relentless stench” continues from faulty Seaview treatment plant (Wellington Scoop 1/10/24)
Hutt residents ‘gagging’ after bad smell spikes at treatment plant (The Post – 30/9/24)
More bad smells from Seaview after mechanical failure (Wellington Scoop – 26/9/24)
What is the stink all about at Seaview treatment plant? (The Post – 25/9/24)
No end in sight to issues with Hutt wastewater treatment plant (The Post – 18/9/24)
Wellington Water investigates petrochemicals found in Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant (RNZ – 10/9/24)
Wellington Water could face prosecution over stink at Seaview treatment plant (The Post – 4/9/24)
Legal action on cards if upgrades to remove Lower Hutt sewage plant stench not done on time (RNZ – 1/9/24)
The stink that will not go away (The Post – 27/8/24)
Illegal petrochemical dumping damages treatment plant (The Post – 23/8/24)
Corroding Upper Hutt sewerage pipe could collapse part of State Highway 2 (RNZ – 19/7/24)
The grim state of Three Waters infrastructure in Hutt City (The Post – 25/6/24)
Our Water Infrastructure is in the Poo (TVNZ John Campbell – 23/3/24)
‘Surrounded by smell of poo’ – More complaints about Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant (RNZ – 12/1/24)
Juicy Fest prepares to open doors to thousands as stench plaguing area is fixed (RNZ – 5/1/24)
Late lineup changes for Juicy Fest, venue plagued by odours (The Post 2/1/24)
Lower Hutt residents fed up with ‘vomit inducing’ stench (TVNZ – 27/12/23)
New Zealand mayor clarifies there’s no need to ‘stop pooing’ amid town’s sewerage stench crisis (The Guardian – 26/12/23)
Lower Hutt residents should ‘stop pooing’ if they want to stop the city stinking – advisor (NZ Herald – 26/12/23)
Juicy Fest: Council staff say residents should ‘stop pooing’ ahead of major music festival (Stuff – 26/12/23)
Pipe from Seaview plant leaking treated sewage on to trail south of Eastbourne (Wellington Scoop – 13/12/23)
‘We need to be able to breathe’: Lower Hutt residents call for stop to wastewater plant stench (RNZ – 7/12/23)
‘Objectionable odour’ in Wellington prompts complaints (RNZ – 3/12/23)
Greater Wellington Regional Council begins probe of wastewater plant smell (RNZ – 28/11/23)
Lower Hutt residents complain of stench from Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant (NZ Herald – 21/11/23)
The Lower Hutt suburb that smells ‘like a three-day-old portaloo’ (Stuff – 11/11/23)
Wellington Water accepts all recommendations from independent review of wastewater treatment operations (Wellington Water – 3/2/22)
Wellington residents warned of unpleasant smell in the air today (NZ Herald – 2/2/22)
Wellington Water launches independent review into wastewater treatment operations (Stuff – 21/10/21)