Drainage fees and charges
Our fees and charges for the 2024 / 2025 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.
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Services location
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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*
|
$43.59 per m3 |
| For disposal and treatment of septage at Council’s treatment facility – types 1.04 and 14.01* |
$13.11 per m3 |
| Consent monitoring hourly rate |
$99.00 |
| Trade Waste uniform annual charge |
$534.00 |
| Trade Waste Consent Application Fee (controlled and conditional) |
$210.00 |
| Trade Waste Consent Application Fee (permitted) |
$73.00 |
*Liquid and Hazardous Waste Code of Practise (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 |
$1.82 per m³ |
| By Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) |
$0.91 per kg |
| By Total Suspended Solids (TSS) |
$0.72 per kg |
| By Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) |
$0.48 per kg |