This story contains photos of the sewage-affected bathroom which may upset some readers.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
A Wellington resident says sewage “exploded” out of his toilet while Wellington Water staff were working on his street.<\/p>\n
Ed, a Miramar resident who doesn’t want his surname used, told RNZ it happened on on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
If you’ve also been affected contact\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Kaya.Selby@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n
“I’d heard some gurgling in the pipe system, and as I opened the door to the bathroom, a little fountain of raw sewage was exploding out of our toilet, so much so it was reaching the ceiling,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s covered every surface in our bathroom, just particles of raw sewage everywhere.”<\/p>\n
He said it had rendered the bathroom unusable, and the smell made it difficult to be in his home.<\/p>\n
“Particles of poop everywhere… it’s soaked into the towels, it’s on everything on the walls, our toilet itself is in a state.”<\/p>\n
The Mirarmar bathroom soon after the sewage incident.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “I feel disgusting, because the house stinks of poop. It’s given me a bit of a headache.”<\/p>\n Ed said that he immediately rang his neighbour and heard that the same thing had happened to them.<\/p>\n He said they encountered the workers on their street and saw that several other residents had been out to speak with them as well.<\/p>\n The workers gave Ed a phone number and a reference for a cleaning job, but he said neither number worked.<\/p>\n His attempts to contact the council also didn’t seem successful.<\/p>\n However, cleaners came to fix his place up last night.<\/p>\n