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Media release from Wellington Water: Wastewater overflow at Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant

POSTED ON: 18 August 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

18 August 2020 Between 3:15 and 8:30am this morning, a valve operation failure at the Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant resulted in the possible overflow of partially treated wastewater from one…

MEDIA RELEASE: $1M funding granted for construction of the Tauherenikau suspension bridge

POSTED ON: 5 August 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

Joint media release SWDC, CDC & The Greytown Trails Trust 4 August 2020 The Wairarapa Trails Action Group and Greytown Trails Trust are delighted at today’s funding announcement made by…

MEDIA RELEASE: Repairs and investigations underway on damaged Lake Ferry wastewater pipe

POSTED ON: 31 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

30 July 2020 (posted 31 July) Third party damage to the Lake Ferry Wastewater Treatment Plant resulted in the discharge of partially treated wastewater into nearby wetlands yesterday. Council and…

MEDIA RELEASE: Wellington’s councils collaborate for Plastic Free July

POSTED ON: 16 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

14 July 2020 Councils from across the region have joined forces to take a combined approach to reducing plastic waste this July. Plastic Free July is an annual campaign to…

SWDC’s Annual Plan is now available online

POSTED ON: 9 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

9 July 2020 The Annual Plan 2020/21, which was adopted by Council on 30 June (see media release),is nowavailable online. Thank you to everyone who took the time to make…

MEDIA RELEASE: Strategy sets out councils’ actions on climate change mitigation

POSTED ON: 2 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

2 July 2020 The RuamÃ„Âhanga Climate Change Strategy, developed jointly by South Wairarapa and Carterton District Councils, sets out the councils’ greenhouse gas emissions and the actions they will take…

MEDIA RELEASE – Official opening of the RuamÃ„Âhanga Roads depot

POSTED ON: 2 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

Thursday 2July Yesterday marked the official opening of the joint RuamÃ„Âhanga Roads depot and another positive step forward in the working relationship between Carterton District Council, South Wairarapa District Council…

MEDIA RELEASE: SWDC adopts Annual Plan 2020/21

POSTED ON: 1 July 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

1 July 2020 Yesterday, on schedule, Council adopted the Annual Plan for 2020/2021. This included voting on 31 separate resolutions concerning the setting the rates, fees and charges, and allocation…

MEDIA RELEASE: Boil water advisory for Featherston is lifted

POSTED ON: 24 June 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

24 / Jun / 2020 Wellington Water advises that the boil water advisory for Featherston has been lifted following consultation with Regional Public Health and South Wairarapa District Council. All…

MEDIA RELEASE – Major outage impacting Featherston water supply

POSTED ON: 19 June 2020 | IN: News, Media Releases

19 July2020 Media release: Major outage impacting Featherston water supply Following heavy rain overnight, a land slip in the early hours of the morning washed a section of pipe and…