Bromley residents will have to wait 3 years for treatment

The big stink in Christchurch continues, with residents having to wait another three years for the rancid Bromley waste water treatment plant to be fixed. That's despite the council finally settling an 85 million dollar insurance claim following a fire at the plant in 2021 that destroyed two filters causing it to give off a foul odour. Residents in surrounding suburbs have told RNZ the vomit inducing stench has made their lives hell, with kids unable to play in the yard, contaminated washing and muck coating their houses and cars. Mayor Phil Mauger said the insurance settlement was unanimously approved by council, and work is underway on a new sludge reactor which is the best option to treating waste water, but the design will take a year and then two years of construction after that, Bromley resident Vicki Walker spoke to Lisa Owen.