Archive: News

Media release – Boil water notice lifted for Martinborough

17 May 2019 Martinborough residents no longer need to boil water for drinking and food preparation. The decision to lift the boil water notice was taken by Council, in consultation…

Read more

Boil water notice lifted for Martinborough

17 May 2019 Martinborough residents no longer need to boil water for drinking and food preparation. The decision to lift the boil water notice was taken by Council, in consultation…

Read more

Update on Martinborough town water post chlorination

Over these past few days, since chlorination of the Martinborough Town Water network, Council has been sampling the water daily at multiple sites and testing it to confirm that the…

Read more

Featherston Wastewater upgrade hearing postponed

14 May 2019 South Wairarapa District Council’s request to defer its consent hearing for the Featherston Wastewater Upgrade Proposal has been approved by Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).  The upgrade…

Read more

Joint roading contract awarded to Fulton Hogan

Tuesday 14 May 2019 A combined roading maintenance contract between South Wairarapa District Council and Carterton District Council has been finalised and awarded to Fulton Hogan. The joint approach came…

Read more

Where is your nearest Community Emergency Hub?

Media release from Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) 14 May 2019 Imagine that a large earthquake has struck the Wellington Region. You’ve made it home and checked on your family…

Read more

SWDC chlorinates Martinborough’s town water supply

5.54pm, 13 May 2019 At approximately 5.10pm today, chlorine was added to Martinborough’s town water supply. It was one of the final steps in restoring safe drinking water to the…

Read more

Update on Martinborough town water network flushing – Day 6

5.15 pm Saturday 11 May 2019 Today was the final day of scouring and flushing on our schedule and covered the Pink Zone.  No major hiccups occurred, and the operation…

Read more

Temporary Chlorination of the Martinborough water supply – FAQs

1. When was the water chlorinated? Chlorination toook place at approximately 5.10pm, 13 May 2019. 2. What will be the impact of chlorine in the water? The addition of chlorine…

Read more

Update on Martinborough town water network flushing – Day 5

7.50 pm 10 May 2019 Today’s scouring and flushing has gone quite smoothly, however, turning tobies off and on has been very time-consuming resulting in delays at the end of…

Read more