The Wastewater maintenance team consists of field personnel and specialist crews for asset dig-outs and repairs as well as crews which carry out sewer clearances.

Together, this group provides 24/7 civil maintenance and minor capital works throughout the South East Water region and performs activities including:

• Repair and rehabilitation or replacement of wastewater pipelines and assets
• Manhole and manhole cover replacement
• Emergency by-pass pumping
• Blockage clearance
• House Connection Branch installations and replacements
• Closed-circuit Televising of wastewater pipelines

Preventative maintenance including:

• Treatment of root affected pipelines with a root-growth inhibiting agent.
• Proactive cleaning of gas-check manholes.
• Proactive cleaning of wastewater wet-wells and pump-stations.
• Proactive cleaning and televising of large (>300mm) diameter branch sewer pipelines.