On this page you will find information on all water and sewerage works that have been completed over the past week in the Westernport Water service area.
Completed Last 7 Days
Emergency shutdown of water supply
Beach Street, Cowes
There is currently an unplanned shutdown in Beach Street, Cowes
We are on site at #13 Beach St, and anticipate water will be off for 1.5 hours (until approx 2pm), with 33 properties affected.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Water off - Emergency Shutdown
Foam St, Sunderland Bay
Maintenance staff are onsite repairing a connection, estimated restoration of water services 10 am.
21 properties affected by the outage.
Water off
Matthew Ct, Meldrum Ct and Chloe Cl in Cowes
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We are repairing a water service connection affecting Matthew Ct, Meldrum Ct and Chloe Cl in Cowes.
Estimated restoration time – 4.30 pm
Water off
Kedah Road, Cowes.
We have an unplanned shutdown to replace a tapping band on the water main.
This is affecting 13 properties.
Estimated time to restore – 1 hour.
Water mains cleaning - Air Scouring
We will be undertaking water mains cleaning from 29 April 2025 to 8 May 2025 along selected streets in the following locations. Click the link next to each town to view the schedule of works in each area:
- Cowes - Cowes - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Silverleaves - Silverleaves - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Rhyll - Rhyll - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Tenby Point - Tenby Point - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Corinella - Corinella - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Grantville - Grantville - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Adams Estate - Adams Estate - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
- Pioneer Bay - Pioneer Bay - 2025 Air Scouring Schedule
Pipe cleaning is done using a technique known as air scouring, which involves injecting filtered pressurised air through the pipe to remove any naturally occurring sediment.