A burst water hydrant floods Durham Street outside the Methodist Church.
A water works department worker inspects a crater caused by burst water main on Westminster Street.
A council workman stood at the intersection between Colombo Street and Tuam Street following a burst water main which sent water shooting skywards, higher than some surrounding buildings.
View down onto the intersection between Colombo Street and Tuam Street following a burst water main which sent water shooting skywards, higher than some surrounding buildings.
Interior of the water pumping station at 54 Colombo Street with waterworks shift engineer Mr J Taylor sat at his desk. Behind him are various pieces of equipment used at the pumping station.
Water pipes being prepared for installation along Fitzgerald Avenue near the corner with Gloucester Street.
Soldiers and men filling bottles of water from a desalination station at New Brighton Foreshore.
Diesel alternator unit at the Christchurch City Council water works department, to assist with pumping water.
Peter Mangos in the middle of a subdivision at the end of Paparoa Street, Papanui.
Close-up of a sprinkler in use in a garden at a house in Bevington Street in Avonhead after a tap is turned on elsewhere in the house, demonstrating low water pressure in the area.
Close-up of a sprinkler in a garden at a house in Bevington Street in Avonhead prior to a tap being turned on elsewhere in the house that causes low water pressure.
Robert Hewison and his grandmother Sylvia Hewison examining a 3 metre hole left in the ground, caused by a burst water main outside their home on Breens Road in Bishopdale.
Two workmen, Garry Campbell (right) and Brent Elley, operating a cable tool drilling rig during the boring the new Bexley water wall.
View of Mr W Moore stood next to a water wheel on his property at Hickory Bay on the Banks Peninsula. The wheel was used to power farm equipment until the introduction of electricity in the area.
Interior of the water pumping station at 54 Colombo Street. Mr L D B Scantlebury assistant waterworks engineer (left), Mr G Flowers chief shift engineer and Mr C W Batterbury Waterworks engineer are...
Interior of the new Burwood automatic pump station and of newly installed electric pumps. Mr C W Batterbury Waterworks engineer (left) and Mr L D B Scantlebury assistant waterworks engineer are...
Construction workers installing a 15in diameter screen into the bottom of a 94ft well at the pumping station at 54 Colombo Street.
Mellanie Johnson and Marc Stanford with a garden hose at a home in Diamond Harbour during the time when the water supply was unavailable.
Pipes for a water scheme laid out at Lyttelton Harbour.
A trench digger preparing to lay a line on Curletts Road on the corner with Main South Road for the installation of high pressure water supply. Pictured, from left, Mr A Kelly, Mr A Dyhrberg, Mr R C...
Burst water main on Colombo Street near the foot of Dyers Pass Road.
View along Victoria Street, near the Knox Presbyterian Church at the corner with Bealey Avenue, of a burst water main.
Exterior of a water pumping station at 54 Colombo Street.
A group of people gathered beneath a Riccarton Waterworks sign for a ceremony to celebrate the driving of the first well pipe. The new system will provide high pressure water supply to Riccarton...