Drainage fees and charges

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Our fees and charges for the 2025-26 financial year are provided below.

All fees are stated as GST inclusive (unless otherwise stated).

We reserve the right to review any fees and charges at any time. Please check with us for any updates.

Application to connect to the public water network

Amount
Service connection to, or disconnection from, the public utility infrastructure $492.00

Services location

  Amount
Where work is done by Council to locate connections and the connection is found to be within 1.5 metres horizontally and 0.5 metres vertically of the ‘as-built’ position, work done will be charged at cost. Actual cost of contractor

Septage treatment

  Amount
For disposal and treatment of septage at Council’s treatment facility – types 1.02, 1.03 and 1.14*
 $44.98 per m3
For disposal and treatment of septage at Council’s treatment facility – types 1.04 and 14.01* $13.53 per m3
Consent monitoring hourly rate $102.00
Trade waste uniform annual charge $551.00
Trade waste consent application fee (controlled and conditional) $217.00
Trade waste consent application fee (permitted) $75.00

*Liquid and Hazardous Waste Code of Practice (2012).

Pan charge

  Amount
Pan charge for discharge of wastewater into Council’s wastewater system where connection cannot be charged as targeted rate** To align with sewerage disposal rate for non-residential properties

** An approved connection may be provided but, as the building is not on land, no certificate of title exists, therefore the charge cannot be levied as a rate under the Local Government Rating Act 2002.

Part-year wastewater charge

Part-year wastewater fee for properties connected to the public wastewater system during the year. After connection, properties are charged on 1 July as part of the rates.

Sewer connection date (as a % of annual pan fee)
July 92%
August 83%
September 75%
October 67%
November 58%
December 50%
January 42%
February 33%
March 25%
April 17%
May 8%
June 0%

Trade waste discharges

  Amount
By volume $1.88 per m³
By total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) $0.94 per kg
By total suspended solids (TSS) $0.74 per kg
By chemical oxygen demand (COD) $0.50 per kg
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