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Residents of Wellington’s Aro Valley were astonished when a torrential volume of water flew 20 meters into the air, flooding the central street.
It came just three days after a “very critical” sewage pipe in the city center broke, blocking traffic and forcing residents to avoid flushing the toilet for two days.
Then, a few hours after the Aro Valley pipeline burst, another pipeline ruptured in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt.
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A huge fountain erupted in the Aro Valley sending torrents of water down Aro Street as problems with Wellington’s pipeline network continue.
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Catharine Underwood was on her way to Brooklyn when she saw “this great fountain” in the middle of the road at around 3.25pm in Aro Valley. “It was quite spectacular,” he said.
At first, he thought the water would be cold to drive, but he reconsidered because he drives a soft top and had a bike in the back, so he took a detour and continued to his destination.
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Aro Valley residents huddled around the site of the main blast to observe the fountain.
Underwood said there was water “everywhere” between Durham St and Garage Project Taproom.
Heather Paterson was in her store when she heard the explosion, which broke the concrete and sent debris down the street.
He originally thought the sound was two cars colliding.
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The floods covered the entire street for hundreds of meters.
“I’ve never seen anything like it, all that water and how high it was rising. I was thinking about how many thousands of liters were being wasted, ”he said.
“It is fortunate that no one was injured and no house was damaged.”
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The rupture sent chunks of concrete flying down the road.
The debris spray would almost certainly have seriously damaged several cars had it not been for the fact that there were yellow lines on the street corner.
Two houses on the opposite side of the road were soaked with water.
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A large brown pool has been seen in Wellington Harbor, probably as a result of debris from Aro St pouring into the stormwater system.
A Wellington Water spokeswoman said crews had isolated the broken main and there was no loss of service for residents.
Shortly after the break, large brown puddles of liquid were seen dispersing across the harbor, likely as a result of sediment and debris from the flooded road that rushed into the stormwater system.
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A pipe burst on Queens St, Wainuiomata, hours after another rupture in the city of Wellingotn.
Around 8pm, Fire and Emergency New Zealand was called into a pipeline that blew up on Queens St, Wainuiomata.
Firefighters were protecting property in the area from flooding by diverting water and supporting Wellington Water crews.
A Wellington Water spokeswoman said the incident occurred in the commercial area of the street and that crews were fixing it.
