Fees and charges
Council charges fees to cover some costs of its facilities and services. If you directly benefit from a service, you're more likely to pay a fee for...
Water and wastewater charges
Council charges a range of user fees for requests relating to wastewater, trade waste, water supply, and Council laboratory requests.
Wastewater
Wastewater network/treatment |
2025/26 Fee |
| Application Fee - New Residential Connection / Disconnection (permanent or temporary) | $60 |
| Inspection Fee for New Connection / Disconnection, per hour charge | $185 per hour |
| Septage disposal and treatment, per cubic metre | $40 |
Trade Waste*
Trade Waste fee/charges |
2025/26 Fee |
| Total volume per cubic meter | $1.00 |
| Total solids - total kg discharged | $0.75 |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) - total kg discharged | $0.50 |
| Total nitrogen - total kg discharged | $2.75 |
| Total phosphorus - total kg discharged | $8.00 |
*Volumetric charges per Trade Waste Bylaw 2019. Load based charges on renewal of trade waste consents.
Water
Water |
2025/26 Fee |
| Application Fee - New residential connection / disconnection (permanent or temporary) | $60 |
| Installation fee: New residential connection / disconnection (permanent or temporary) | Quoted per site |
| Water metering configuration modifications | Quoted per site |
| Special reading – water meters | $50 |
| Water dedicated filling point access card (Annual Fee) | $100 |
| Water Volume charge from dedicated filling points | 1.50 times the m³ water rate |
| Water meter accuracy testing for water meters up to DN25mm. Quoted per site for water meters greater than DN25mm | $464 |
Districtwide water supply fixed rate (per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit): Refer to the Funding Impact statement – rating policies.
Districtwide volumetric water supply rate (per cubic metre of water consumed): Refer to the Funding Impact statement – rating policies.
Laboratory
Testing of water – laboratory charges |
2025/26 Fee |
| Alkalinity g/m³ (CaC03) | $28 |
| Ammonia-N g/m³ | $33 |
| BOD g/m³ | $38 |
| Bore depth (m) | $9 |
| cBOD g/m³ | $45 |
| Chloride g/m³ | $29 |
| COD g/m³ | $42 |
| Conductivity mS/cm | $15 |
| DO g/m³ | $13 |
| DRP-P g/m³ | $33 |
| E. coli cfu/100mL (m Tec River monitoring only) | $30 |
| F/Coli + E. coli (NaMug –mbr-filt) cfu/100mL | $48 |
| Enterococci cfu/100ml (mbr Filt) | $33 |
| F/Coli cfu/100mL (mbr Filt) | $30 |
| Fluoride g/m³ | $39 |
| Iron g/m³ | $33 |
| Nitrite-N g/m³ | $33 |
| Nitrate-N g/m³ | $33 |
| pH | $15 |
| Staff collection hour (2 staff) | $185 |
| Total suspended solids (TSS) g/m³ | $29 |
| TEMP °C | $13 |
| Total coliforms and E.coli (Colilert) mpn/100mL | $49 |
| Total nitrogen g/m³ | $47 |
| Total phosphorus – P g/m³ | $33 |
| Total solids % | $19 |
| Travel (per KM) | $1.04 |
| Total solids g/m³ | $27 |
| Turbidity NTU | $16 |
| UV transmission | $15 |
| Laboratory administration cost – report documentation (per report) | $27 |
| Sample bottle (including chilly pack preparation) each | $5 |