Sewerage
Welcome to the smart toilet era
Did you know there are smart toilets? Yes, that's right. Smart toilets. Research professor Sonia Grego is currently working on a toilet that works as a health-screening tool, using sensors and… Audio
3MM: Brad Olsen on building pipes, not pipe dreams
Three Minutes Max, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on topics of their choice. Here's Brad Olsen, Senior Economist at Infometrics, on investing in the foundations of New Zealand. Audio
Number of sewage overflows increases 379 percent
The number of times sewage overflowed into the environment jumped a whopping 379 percent last year, as ageing infrastructure struggled to cope with record rains. The finding is in a review by Water… Audio
Milford sewage spill: Questions remain over broken pipe
Residents in the Auckland suburb of Milford are asking why they have to deal with sewage flooding so often after a wastewater pipe broke yesterday. The breakage has been fixed but Residents evacuated… Audio
Sewage-flooded Milford homes uninhabitable for days
Residents evacuated from two Auckland houses flooded with sewage yesterday morning are unlikely to be back home before the end of the holiday weekend. A leak in a large pipeline carrying sewage saw… Audio
Franz Josef locals could face $6m sewerage bill
Hundreds of ratepayers in the West Coast town of Franz Josef may face a $6 million dollar bill if the region votes they have to pay for their own sewerage system. Audio
30-year wait for Christchurch sewerage to be fixed
The Christchurch City Council has admitted it could take 30 years before the city's sewerage system is returned to a pre-earthquake condition. Audio
Christchurch sewerage fix-up decades away
The Christchurch City Council has admitted it could take 30 years before the city's sewerage system is returned to a pre-earthquake condition.