20130902_2891_1D3-165 The view down the drive

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Sewer repairs due to earthquake damage have our street totally closed off apart from pedestrian traffic down the footpath.

Many streets have only got portaloos to use because sewer system is out - …

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Showing some of the spirit of Christchurch

20130826_2587_1D3-28 Here we go again! (Day 238/365)

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Only it is worse this time! As from Wednesday I won't have car access to the property, nor the street, nor one of the neighbouring streets - for a month at least! A second attempt to do a sewer repair after the earthquakes - yes I know they were 3 to 2½ years ago!

Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - What a Dump!

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Light Relief: We are flushed with too many puns about this image! However you know your sewers are in trouble when the liquefaction comes up through the pipes! Taken after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011.

20111230_7222_1D3-70 New Brighton

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Further damage to the bank following the two quakes on 23/12/11. The sewer line broke here and was repaired (patched) by council staff on Christmas Eve. It is hard to beleve that this rock wall was level with the land here, before any of the quakes.

ChCh quake

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The Christchurch Methodist Church van takes a hit from the falling gable end of the church.

20130817_2457_1D3-400 The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365)

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Many roads are closed all over eastern Christchurch as infra-structure repairs are carried out, whether it be water supplies, sewer repairs (as is the case here) or general road repairs, In just over two weeks it will be three years since the first earthquake happened (4th September 2010) and in five days time it is 2½ years since the big quake...

20131014_4128_1D3-40 Polluted Water (Day 287/365)

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There are occasional sewerage spills into the Avon River while all the sewer and road repairs are carried out. This rock wall was level and well above high tide level prior to the eathquakes. All the houses that can been seen here (except for those on the distant Port Hills) are in the suburban "red zone" and are still to be demolished.

20130325_1112_EOS M-25 Water water everywhere! (Day 84/365)

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While the whole of the North Island is under drought conditions and parts of the South Island likely to follow suit, I doubt it will happen in Christchurch. With hundreds of earthquake road, water and sewer repairs underway many are spilling hundreds of litres of water per minute, like this one outside my house. It has been running like this fo...

ChCh quake (Explore #84 04/09/10) & Flickrblog

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A local resident walks to the nearest dairy for essentials after the 7.1 magnitude quake, that has caused major infrastructure damage to Christchurch City.