12 Apr 2018

Number of sewage overflows increases 379 percent

From Morning Report, 8:28 am on 12 April 2018

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 New Zealand, the organisation representing water and waste water industry, which also warns overflows are likely to become the norm as climate change takes effect.