Sewer main renewals

Sewer renewals

You might not notice a lot of the work we do because most of it is beneath your feet. Every day, we’re maintaining and upgrading the pipes and pumps that keep water flowing and take your wastewater away. 

Our sewer renewal program involves replacing, maintaining and upgrading the existing sewerage infrastructure above and below ground, so you can always rely on us every time you need you flush or send water down the drain.

Here’s what to expect while we get the job done.

What we’re doing

We’re constantly upgrading sewer pipes across our service region, so you can always rely on us every time you flush or send water down the drain.

Some sewer pipes are located in private property, and we may need to access the manhole on your property to undertake a sewer renewal. We try to work during the day where possible. However, sometimes we need to work at night as it’s safer for us with lower flows in our pipes or due to permit requirements. No works will be undertaken at night on private property.

We work with our industry partners ABK (Abergeldie, BMD & KBR) and BFHI (Beca, Fulton Hogan and Interflow) to help us with sewer renewals.

What might impact you

We’ll do our best to keep impacts to a minimum, however these are the kinds of things you might notice while we work:

• More trucks on the streets around you.

• Lights if we work at night.

• Less car parks on some streets.

• Noise from machinery, like beepers when trucks reverse and engine noises.

• Some lane closures and a change in normal traffic flow.

• You’ll notice that our traffic management team are around too, to make sure people, bikes and cars can move around safely.

If works are on your property, the crew will talk you through what to expect and arrange access to the manhole.