About Wellington Water
Wellington Water is the council-controlled organisation that operates 3-waters infrastructure for Wellington City, Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua and South Wairarapa. The councils still own the assets, but Wellington Water is the operational point of contact for locates, network planning and outage response across the region.
As a council operator, Wellington Water is responsible for stormwater, wastewater, drinking water across its district. Anyone planning excavation work — building, fencing, landscaping or trenching — must identify and protect their underground pipes before breaking ground.
Wellington Water is one of 7 utility operators active in Wellington. Most building or landscaping work in this area touches multiple operators' networks at once — power, water and communications cables routinely share the same trench. The list further down shows the other utilities you'll likely need to contact alongside Wellington Water.
Where Wellington Water operates
Before you dig in Wellington
Striking an underground pipe can cause injury, large repair bills and outages for your neighbours. Three steps to do it safely.
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Find every operator that serves your site
Map your worksite on UtilityFinder to find every operator that serves the area — power, water, gas and comms in one view — so you don't miss anyone when sending locate requests.
Create your map - 2
Request a locate from Wellington Water
Contact Wellington Water and any other operators in your area to confirm the position of their underground assets before excavation.
Locate request page - 3
Mark, protect, dig carefully
Mark the locate paint or pegs on site, hand-dig within 0.5 m of marked assets, and never assume a clear trench means clear ground.
Other utilities serving Wellington
Most building or excavation work touches more than one operator's network. Here's who else you may need to contact.
3 Waters
2Communications
1Gas
2Fuel pipelines & terminals
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