# Sewer General, 36 West-Watson Avenue, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand

Hillmorton, Christchurch · filed 26 July 2022 · report 2502752
https://www.chch.live/report/2502752

> Whenever there is decent rain, it is guranteed that my toilet will backup (photo attached). This pretty much means I cannot use the toilet. It has happened 3x this month (July 2022), but has occured nemerous times over the last 2 years. Gully traps on the outside of my house do no overflow, so I am convinced it is a sewer issue on the road. Photos also attached of my street this morning. First one is looking across to Grigg Place. Street is flooded, but the sewer manhole is not surcharging. Second photo is just up the road at the intersection of Harling Ave / West-Watson Ave, and clearly shows the sewer manhole surcharging. I believe the sewer network is overwhelmed from stormwater. The stormwater network in the area tends to comprise many bubble-up sumps that are constantly clogged with debris/leaves and it just cannot cope. I suspect this results in stormwater entering the sewer network via manholes and vents. I could handle this if the toilet backed up once every few years. But this is something I now have to pre-plan everytime there is rain.

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## Also at this address (one of 5)
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/3533795), 23 Jul 2023
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/2514294), 31 Jul 2022
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/410963), 22 Apr 2018
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/404375), 10 Apr 2018
- [The address’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/36-west-watson-avenue)

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Council Sewer, 17 m away · resolved 27 Jul 2022, took 31 hours, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Water Meter Box & Parts, 15 m away · resolved 8 Oct 2021, took 9 days
- Trees, 17 m away · resolved 17 Jan 2025, took 2 weeks
- Water Leak, 17 m away · resolved 22 Jan 2024, took 8 days
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 17 m away · resolved 12 Jan 2024, took 3 months
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 25 m away · open, filed 18 Aug 2026
- Potholes, 25 m away · resolved 2 Sept 2024, took 3 days
- Blocked drain pipe or waterway (Road), 29 m away · resolved 31 Mar 2020, took 23 hours
MyCouncilTicket is a different door from the public report, one job can stand in both streams. The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/fixed

The problem: https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater
The street: https://www.chch.live/street/hillmorton/west-watson-avenue
The address: https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/36-west-watson-avenue
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/hillmorton
The attached photograph: https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02502752/public/1_OGalVqs.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55798073734578&lon=172.58567401264776

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=2502752