Water and wastewater charges

Council charges a range of user fees for requests relating to wastewater, trade waste, water supply, and Council laboratory requests. 


Council's fees for 2025/26 have been confirmed. [PDF 722 KB]

These come into effect on 1 July 2025

Wastewater charges

Wastewater treatment

2024/25 Fee

Connection to network

Quoted as per site

Septage disposal and treatment

$30
per cubic metre

Trade waste fees 

Trade waste

2024/25 Fee

Volumetric charges per Trade Waste Bylaw 2019. Load based charges on renewal of Trade Waste consents.

Total volume

$0.80 per cubic metre

Total solids

$0.70 total kg discharged

COD

$0.40 total kg discharged

Total Nitrogen

$2.40 total kg discharged

Total Phosphorus

$7.50 total kg discharged


Water charges

Water charges

2024/25 Fee

Connection to network

Quoted as per site

Water metering configuration modifications

Quoted as per site

Special reading – water meters

$42

Water dedicated filling point access card

$77

Water charge for potable water from water supply system

1.25 times the water rate per m3

Water meter accuracy testing

$450
For water meters up to DN25mm.
Quoted per site for water meters greater than DN25mm

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 charges

Testing of water - laboratory charges

2024/25 Fee

Alkalinity g/m3 (CaC03)

$26.00

Ammonia-N g/m3

$31.00

BOD g/m3

$35.00

Bore depth (m)

$8.00

cBOD g/m3

$42.00

Chloride g/m3

$27.00

COD g/m3

$39.00

Conductivity mS/cm

$14.00

DO g/m3

$12.00

DRP-P g/m3

$31.00

E. coli cfu/100mL (m Tec River monitoring only)  

$29.00

F/Coli + E. coli  (NaMug –mbr-filt) cfu/100mL  

$45.00

Enterococci cfu/100ml (mbr Filt)  

$31.00

F/Coli cfu/100mL (mbr Filt)  

$28.00

Fluoride g/m3

$36.00

Iron g/m3

$31.00

Nitrite-N g/m3  

$31.00

Nitrate-N g/m3

$31.00

pH

$14.00

Staff collection hour (2 people) 

$179.00

Total suspended solids (TSS) g/m3  

$27.00

TEMP °C

$12.00

Total coliforms cfu/100mL (mbr filt)  

$28.00

Total coliforms and E.coli (Colilert) mpn/100mL  

$46.00

Total nitrogen g/m3 

$45.00

Total phosphorus - P g/m3

$31.00

Total solids %

$18.00

Travel (per KM)

$0.95

Total solids g/m3  

$25 

Turbidity NTU

$15.00

UV transmission

$14.00

Laboratory administration cost – report documentation (per report)  

$25.00

Sample bottle (including chilly pack preparation) each

$5.00

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