‘How are we going to survive this?’ Wellington faces six-month wait to halt sewage spill

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘How are we going to survive this?’ Wellington faces six-month wait to halt sewage spill, Millions of litres of sewage have been spilling into the capital city’s waters since February after the catastrophic failure of a Moa Point wastewater plant A fix to stop millions of litres of sewage continuing to pour into the waters off the coast of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington will be in place by November, officials have said, with full repairs at the cost of NZ$53.5m by late next year. More than 100 days since the catastrophic failure of the city’s wastewater treatment plant on 4 February, a mix of raw and partially screened human effluent is still being flushed directly into the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading…

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