BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 230

Images, UC QuakeStudies

The word "Leak" spray painted on Avonside Drive with an arrow pointing to the leak.

Are My Boots Big Enough to Tackle a Broken Sewer?

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Workers inspect a broken sewerage line in New Brighton. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch earthquake on 23 December 2011 the sewer pipe got badly damaged at New Brighton and was leaking into the Avon River. I think the guy was worried about the fast flow causing him to fill his boots rather than the depth".