Your connection

Most properties in the Kāpiti District are connected to town water supply, and are charged for the water they use. The exceptions are properties with private supply (such as water tanks or private bores) rather than town supply.

Find out more about how to get connected, change your connection, or disconnect your water supply.

Types of connection

Residential properties will often have their water connection through a manifold, while non-residential properties typically need an above-ground meter with a backflow preventer.

Manifolds

The manifold is your connection to town water supply. You’ll often see it as the box with a blue lid outside a property, containing the toby (tap for turning water on and off) and water meter.

There are three types of manifold, and you can see our standard drawings of each to understand them better:

Non-residential connections

Larger developments often need larger connections than manifolds. You often see these above the ground in a metal cage.

There are two typical large connections, and you can see our standard drawings of each to understand them better:


Preventing backflow

Every connection in our district needs to have some form of backflow prevention. The kind of backflow prevention we require you to have depends on:

  • the activities on your property
  • the risk to our water supply network from your connection.

Manifolds come with some features to stop what's known as backflow. Backflow is water that’s gone to your house that flows back through your manifold to the main town water supply – this might happen if water pressure drops for any reason. The features of the manifold that stop backflow are called backflow prevention.

Backflow can seriously contaminate the main town water supply, so it’s important we have the tools available to stop it from happening.

Residential customers might need stronger backflow prevention if you have either:

  • two sources of water at your house – for example, town supply, and rainwater tanks to top up and reduce your use of town water supply
  • a fire sprinkler or an irrigation meter.

Commercial customers will need a backflow device if you:

  • install a new connection
  • renew an old water meter
  • move or separate a meter
  • install a fire sprinkler
  • install an irrigation meter
  • have a business that produces goods that could contaminate the water supply if it got into it – such as hospitals, beverage companies, laundries, or manufacturing.

Your plan drawings

When you’re applying to have a new supply connected to a property, you must include scale plan drawings with your application, to show where you want to locate the supply and connection at the property.

For subdivisions and large land developments, you’ll need to supply these plans to the Council Development Engineer as part of your subdivision application. They’ll work with our water engineers to review these plans and approve them. Once both the Council Development Engineer and our water engineers approve the plans, they’ll stamp the approved plans.

We need a copy of these stamped approved plans before we can connect your supply.


Getting connected

To apply for a new water connection, you’ll need to complete a Water Supply Connection form as well as your plan drawings:


More than one dwelling on a section

Whether you’re subdividing or adding extra houses to your section under other rules (like the medium density residential standards), you’ll need to look at how you set up the water supply to those houses.

Medium density residential standards

Under the medium density residential standards, you may be able to build up to three houses on your property without subdividing.

Think carefully about how you'll organise water supply to all dwellings. If you later decide to subdivide houses that were built under the medium density residential standards, you’ll need to make sure the water connections meet subdivision standards.

Following the subdivision standards when building under the medium density rules could save you a lot of digging and rework later.


Fees and charges

There’s no fee to have your application form assessed.

We upgrade standard manifold connections to dual manifold connections case by case. If we approve the new connection, we’ll give you the cost estimates. We only charge actual installation costs, and we'll let you know what this is when the installation work is completed.

For new connections, from the standard residential connection to large subdivision connections, you’ll need to enlist the services of a Council-authorised contractors.


Changing or disconnecting water supply

If you’re having a building demolished, or need a change to your property’s existing water connection, you’ll need to complete a water supply connection/alteration form:


If your company would like to become an accredited contractor for water or wastewater civil works and be added to this list for customers to refer to, email the Water and Wastewater Asset team, and a Council staff member will be in touch.

Contractor Contact details Water Approval Status Drainage Approval Status
Action Civil Contact:  Dave Murtagh
Ph. 04 235 5974
Mob: 027 442 2971
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
www.actioncivil.co.nz/civil-construction-wellington
Yes Yes
Daniel Renshaw Contact:  Daniel Renshaw
Ph.  0274 508 799 Yes Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website www.drdc.co.nz
Easy Flow Plumbing and Drainage Contact:  Jordan Tahere
Ph.  0273 529 247 Provisional Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.easy-flow.co.nz/
FM Plumbing and Drainage Contact:  Richard Campbell
Ph.  0274 480 041 Provisional Yes
Email: [email protected]
Groundworks Contact:  Brigid Smith
Ph.  ()4) 577 0483
Mob.  021 281 2357 Yes Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website www.groundworkscivil.co.nz
Ives Contact: Dan Barnett
Mob.  021 758 621 Yes Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ivesplumbing.co.nz
Mills Albert Contact: Sara 
Ph.     (04) 905 8683
Email: [email protected] Provisional Yes
Website: www.millsalbert.co.nz
Plimmer Plumbing Contact: Steve Fawcett
Ph.     (04) 565 1913
Mob.  027 215 3667 Provisional Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.plimmer.co.nz
Pritchard Civil Contact: 
Ph.     (06) 364 7293
Mob.   Yes Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pritchardcivil.co.nz
SAP Contracting Ltd Contact: Glen Churches
Phone: (04) 237 0544
Mob: 027 272 1666
Email: [email protected] 
Website: www.sapcontractorsltd.co.nz 
Yes Yes
SBA Civil Contact: Sam Aitkenhead
Mob: 021 613 151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sbacivil.co.nz 
Yes Yes
Sierra Delta Contact:
Ph: (04) 651 913
Mob: 027 592 2290
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sdcl.co.nz 
Yes Yes
Silver Lining Ltd Contact: Bill Wilkie
Ph:
Mob: 021 082 80647
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.silverliningltd.co.nz 
Provisional Yes
Tatana Contracting Ltd Contact: Darryl
Ph.     (06) 880 6169
Mob.  0212811102 Yes Yes
Email: [email protected] 
Website: www.tatana.co.nz
Thomas Plumbing and Gas Ltd Contact: 
Ph.     (04) 293 6533
Mobile Provisional Yes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.thomasplumbing.co.nz
Waikanae Contracting 2022 Ltd Contact: Merv Nicholl
Ph (04) 293 6649
Email: [email protected] 
Yes
West Coast Plumbing Contact: Alana 
Mobile: 021 589 143
Email: [email protected] Yes
Website: www.westcoastplumbing.co.nz