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The catastrophic failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant was caused by long-standing systemic failures of leadership by Wellington City Council, Wellington Water and the plant's operator Veolia, a damning report has found | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The plant, which flooded and shut down on February 4, has by now spewed approximately 14 billion litres of raw sewage into Wellington's south coast - pumping the waste close to the shore at Tarakena Bay after a heavy rain. Some residents have stopped fishing, diving and swimming at the beaches regularly, while businesses have said they've been forced to the brink of closure due to the disaster.
Wellington mayor Andrew Little spoke to reporters about the findings.
Read more: rnz.co.nz/news/regions_wellington/1224096/moa-point-disaster-caused-by-systemic-leadership-failures-damning-report-finds
The catastrophic failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant was caused by long-standing systemic failures of leadership by Wellington City Council, Wellington Water and the plant's operator Veolia, a damning report has found | Subscribe: youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1
The plant, which flooded and shut down on February 4, has by now spewed approximately 14 billion litres of raw sewage into Wellington's south coast - pumping the waste close to the shore at Tarakena Bay after a heavy rain. Some residents have stopped fishing, diving and swimming at the beaches regularly, while businesses have said they've been forced to the brink of closure due to the disaster.
Wellington mayor Andrew Little spoke to reporters about the findings.
Read more: rnz.co.nz/news/regions_wellington/1224096/moa-point-disaster-caused-by-systemic-leadership-failures-damning-report-finds
