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After 36 million liters of water mysteriously disappeared from this reservoir on Huntsbury Hill following the February 22nd 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch work has started on repairing it. This image shows just how large the tank is with a work-truck parked inside it.
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As the tanks were empty, they floated due to soil liquefaction. Pages Road.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
Water tank leans after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.
A woman sits at the breakfast table reading the paper - As her husband comes through the door behind her she comments that the 'Regional Council says rural people should be checking their septic tanks!' Her husband is covered in muck and surrounded by flies - he has clearly been taking the council's advice. Refers to the news that the Canterbury Regional Council is encouraging rural residents with septic tanks to check their wastewater system for any signs of damage following September's earthquake. (Radio NZ News 5 November 2010)
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Septic tanks are being installed in front of properties in the Avonside area to allow residents to use their toilets again. An installed tank in Galbraith Avenue".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Septic tanks are being installed in front of properties in the Avonside area to allow residents to use their toilets again. A tank ready to be installed in Maling Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Septic tanks are being installed in front of properties in the Avonside area to allow residents to use their toilets again. A tank ready to be installed in Maling Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "John Arbuckle, owner of St Martins Garage Ltd, with one of his two 60,000 litre fuel tanks that are being removed to be checked for earthquake damage. The fibreglass tanks haven't leaked, but had moved following the Heathcote shake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents collecting drinking water from a tank in Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
A water tank outside a New World supermarket providing residents with clean water. The earthquake caused major damage to sewer pipes and pump stations in and around Christchurch.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Septic tanks are being installed in front of properties in the Avonside area to allow residents to use their toilets again. Galbraith Avenue residents Gail Reeves and Clem Treanor are looking forward to not having to use porta-loos".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Septic tanks are being installed in front of properties in the Avonside area to allow residents to use their toilets again. Galbraith Avenue residents Clem Treanor and Gail Reeves are looking forward to not having to use porta-loos".
A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".
