Source: Radio New Zealand
The resident lives near Moa Point in Wellington. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
This story contains photos of the sewage-affected bathroom which may upset some readers.
A Wellington resident living near Moa Point says sewage “exploded” out of his toilet on Thursday morning.
Ed, a Miramar resident who doesn’t want his surname used, told RNZ it happened while Wellington Water staff were working on his street.
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“I’d heard some gurgling in the pipe system, and as I opened the door to the bathroom, a little fountain of raw sewage was exploding out of our toilet, so much so it was reaching the ceiling,” he said.
“It’s covered every surface in our bathroom, just particles of raw sewage everywhere.”
He said it had rendered the bathroom unusable, and the smell made it difficult to be in his home.
“Particles of poop everywhere… it’s soaked into the towels, it’s on everything on the walls, our toilet itself is in a state.”
The Mirarmar bathroom soon after the sewage incident. Supplied
“I feel disgusting, because the house stinks of poop. It’s given me a bit of a headache.”
Ed said that he immediately rang his neighbour and heard that the same thing had happened to them.
He said they encountered the workers on their street and saw that several other residents had been out to speak with them as well.
The workers gave Ed a phone number and a reference for a cleaning job, but he said neither number worked.
His attempts to contact the council also didn’t seem successful.
However, cleaners came to fix his place up last night.
Cleaners came in to help clean up the bathroom on Thursday evening. Supplied
Ed’s home is roughly two kilometres away from the Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Wellington Water and Wellington City Council have been contacted for a response.
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