An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 September 2011 entitled, "Sewer Surgery".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sewer Pumping station, 471A Pages Road".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Trucks pumping out the sewers along Ashgrove Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A truck pumping out the sewers along Ashgrove Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sewer pipe on the street, Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake".
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".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Temporary sewer pipe (on the street) and water pipe (along the fence lines) running down Kingsford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "On-street sewer pipe, portaloo, and on-street water pipe all part of life in Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake".
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.
A Port-a-loo on the side of Avonside Drive. It has been set up for use by residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A Port-a-loo on the side of Avonside Drive. It has been set up for use by residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A Port-a-loo on the side of Avonside Drive. It has been set up for use by residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A woman walking beside the Avon River. Across the river a Port-a-loo has been set up for residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A view across the Avon River from Avonside Drive to a Port-a-loo that has been set up for residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A woman walking beside the Avon River on Avonside Drive. Across the river a Port-a-loo has been set up for residents without functioning sewers as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A man sits at a table reading a C.C.C. (Christchurch City Council) report with the title 'Where your rates go!' He says 'Rubbish collection sewer roads squanderings bail outs' Context - After the Christchurch earthquake of 4 September 2010 rates have been of particular concern to residents which means people are sensitive to any possibility of squandering. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
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.
A photograph of two men taking photographs on St Asaph Street shortly after the 22 February 2011 street. The road has become congested by people trying to leave the city, and flooding from burst sewer mains can be seen along the street.
A Transfield Services worker entering a manhole in north-east Christchurch. Piles of liquefaction are around the man hole. In the background, is one of the portable toilets set up after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to service areas of the city without operational sewers.
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.
A woman walks along a ruined road passing a broken sewer leaking raw sewage; rats abound and a voice from a nearby medical centre asks 'Got anything for cholera, Delhi belly and dysentery?' A sign offering 'Flu shots now' stands outside the centre. Context - Christchurch post earthquake of 22 February 2011. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The cartoon shows the lid of a sewer that has been dislodged allowing cockroaches labelled 'looter' to crawl out. Context - The very severe Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011 in which probably more than 200 people died and an enormous amount of structural damage has been done. There are inevitably people taking advantage of the fact that there are many abandoned homes which offer rich pickings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).