Around 180 staff worked on water supply and waste water issues on Sunday - including 17 water crews, two wastewater crews and five tankers. A small staff stayed on through the night working on particularly urgent jobs.

So far around 105 of the 360 jobs recorded relating to water supply and wastewater infrastructure have been resolved. There are around 60 streets where water mains are still shut off - affecting all or part of the street. The focus is now on restoring those and improving the overall reliability and pressure in the water supply.

Today work will continue on the outstanding water breaks, while 12 crews will start CCTV inspections of sewer pipes to identify high priority repairs. 

 

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RUBBISH

The Christchurch City Council advises residents that their rubbish will continue to be collected as usual in most areas of the city.

 

The exception is cordoned-off areas in New Brighton (or other areas where the trucks can not gain access) where residents are asked to take their bins to the end of the street.

 

Within the Central Business District, a daily bag collection service will be operating outside cordoned-off areas. Residents and businesses within these areas should place bags on nearby streets beyond the cordon.No masonry or other earthquake rubble should be put in the rubbish bins.