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Stormwater, drains & pollution in Christchurch

13,617 reports sit in the council’s published record under 9 related headings: filed by residents through Snap Send Solve since 2015. The busiest year was 2023 with 2,058; Christchurch Central City tops the recent record.

Blocked gutters, stormwater and wastewater problems, and pollution or sediment reaching the drains.

Report yours the way every one of these was filed, Snap Send Solve (snapsendsolve.com).

Reports on record
13,617
In the year to 13 Oct 2026
2,334
Busiest year
2023, 2,058
Most-reported suburb
Christchurch Central City

Reports per year

2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off.

Where it gets reported

Christchurch Central City 62 Halswell 62 Lyttelton 44 Woolston 35 Cashmere 34
Canterbury Region 32
Linwood 31 Sydenham 29 Riccarton 29 Hornby 27

Read from each report’s own address text, the recent record, ranked. A suburb’s whole picture is on its page.

The latest on file

Other problems on the record

The record behind this

Every report above was filed by a resident through the council’s reporting channel and sits in Christchurch City Council’s public reports layer, which this page reads directly. A report is somebody’s word that the problem was there: counts here describe reporting, not verified inspections or fixes, and a closed job does not come off the record.

The live stream of everything reported is at /problems, the pins are on the map, and the whole-city shape is at /trends. This page as markdown: /problems/stormwater.md.

Questions, answered briefly

How many Stormwater, drains & pollution reports are there in Christchurch?

13,617 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2015, the busiest year was 2023 with 2,058; 2,334 in the year to 13 October 2026.

Where is Stormwater, drains & pollution reported most in Christchurch?

Christchurch Central City tops the recent record, read from each report’s own address text, so it is the reporting pattern, not a claim the problem is worst there.

How do residents report Stormwater, drains & pollution in Christchurch?

Through the council’s reporting channel, the same channel every report on this page came through (Snap Send Solve). Each report is somebody’s word the problem was there.

Where does this record come from?

Christchurch City Council’s public reports layer, resident-filed reports under the heading this page counts. Counts describe reporting, not verified inspections or fixes.