Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".
A drain grating and surround sit on top of a broken curb. The photographer comments, "You can see that the drain cover no longer fits, but there is a metal surrounding that also has to be placed in first".
Road workers digging earth out of a drain on Shirley Road near KFC. In the distance, the Palms shopping centre can be seen.
A worker uses a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "These guys worked really hard late at night to remove the liquefaction blocking our drains, but did not pre-warn people. Our elderly neighbour's toilet was drenched in water".
Damage to a stormwater drain on Avonside Drive.
Three men digging silt out of storm water drains in Burwood.
The fixing of storm water drains on River Road in Avonside.
Liquefaction silt. The photographer comments, "After the earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, liquefaction covered the streets, but after it had risen from below ground whilst the ground was shaking it the liquid in the liquefaction wanted to drain away".
Liquefaction in the drains in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
Water surging out of a drain after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of workers clearing drains along Kirsten Place in New Brighton".
Cracks in the gutter around a stormwater drain on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
Road workers digging earth out of a drain on Shirley Road near KFC.
A photograph of a drain pipe of the Cranmer Centre, damaged by the earthquake.
A slumped drain in Avonside with a road cone on top to warn road users.
A photograph of damaged drains. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
Cones marking a raised drain on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
A photograph of silt from liquefaction and a cracked footpath near a drain on Gayhurst Road.
A photograph of a damaged drain. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Pleasant Point Yacht Club".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "City Care working on drains in Kirsten Place, New Brighton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clearing out the stormwater drain at the corner of Peterborough and Montreal Streets".
A photograph of road cones around a drain that has been lifted out of the ground on Avonside Drive.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Justin Neill of Spencerville crashed his wife's car in to this raised drain after Saturday's earthquake".
A bent drain pipe supporting a section of collapsed masonry on the A and T Burt building on Ferry Road in Woolston.
A drain in an apartment driveway which has broken away from the curb during the shaking, and has a crack now visible on the left side.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Drainage worker monitoring what the robotic camera sees as it moves along the drain beneath Kirsten Place in New Brighton".
A photograph submitted by Tim Kerr to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Line flushing and CCTV inspection of sewers and storm water drains. An endless task that had to be done".
Liquefaction and flooding in Waitaki Street, Bexley. The photographer comments, "Due to liquefaction and broken drains the water left by the liquefaction stayed in the area for over a week".
A worker poses with the truck he has been using to drain the septic tanks installed in front of Avonside properties to allow residents to use their toilets after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Dried liquefaction silt in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "The liquefaction after the 23 December earthquake in Christchurch started to dry out and the thicker deposits started to curl up like broken drain pipe".