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Water leaks & supply in Christchurch

42,742 reports sit in the council’s published record under 3 related headings: filed by residents through Snap Send Solve since 2015. The busiest year was 2023 with 6,994; Woolston tops the recent record.

Reported leaks in the public water network and supply problems, the ones on the road or the berm, not inside your own pipes.

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

Reports on record
42,742
In the year to 13 Oct 2026
6,161
Busiest year
2023, 6,994
Most-reported suburb
Woolston

Reports per year

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

Where it gets reported

Woolston 59 Christchurch Central City 53 St Albans 50 Cashmere 40 Lyttelton 37 Halswell 34 Riccarton 33 Sydenham 33 Somerfield 31 Linwood 29

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/water-leaks.md.

Questions, answered briefly

How many Water leaks & supply reports are there in Christchurch?

42,742 in the council’s published record, filed by residents since 2015, the busiest year was 2023 with 6,994; 6,161 in the year to 13 October 2026.

Where is Water leaks & supply reported most in Christchurch?

Woolston 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 Water leaks & supply 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.