The Orowaiti Sewerage project has now been completed and the system is now available for connection. Council has invoiced the residents $3,000 plus GST and this sum can be paid in one or more instalments over a three year period until 30 June 2012.
The debt is registered against the property owner as at 1 July 2009, therefore if your property is sold (or title is otherwise transferred) before the sewerage connection fee is paid in full, it is your responsibility as the liable debtor to either:
As the sewerage system is now operational ratepayers are liable to pay the targeted sewerage rate even if not connected.
Property owners are required to connect to the reticulation within this three year period up to 30 June 2012. A building consent is required to carry out drainlaying work on your property. Drainlaying work must be carried out by a registered drainlayer. Building consents can be lodged with Council at any time, they need to include an onsite drainage plan indicating where the new drainage lines will be located.
Council has set a reduced fee for this building consent of $230, this fee will be reassessed after 30 June 2010. This fee needs to be paid when building consent is applied for.
Once connected to the reticulation, the septic tank needs to be cleaned out by an approved contractor, and the bottom of the tank filled in with an appropriate fill.
The new sewerage system is only designed to accept sewerage, therefore stormwater needs to be seperated from any existing pipework and disposed of seperately. It may be possible to then use the redundant septic tank as a soak hole for stormwater dispoal if required.
A code compliance certficate verifying that all building work has been completed will not be issued until the septic tank has been emptied or filled.
The Westport wastewater treatment plant was opened on Saturday 19 May 2007. A new sewage treatment plant was comissioned in April 2006 to treat sewage in Reefton. Oxidation ponds treat sewage from the Little Wanganui subdivision.
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Sewer Pumping Stations are situated at the following locations:
| Carters Beach | Cape Road/Golf Links Road intersection* Cape Foulwind Road (SH 67B)* Marine Parade* |
| Derby Street | Adjacent Kilkenny Park* Bright Street* |
| Domett Street | Domett/Brougham Street Intersection* Adjacent Craddock Park |
| Harkness Place | * |
| Riley Place |
* Indicates that the station has a light which flashes to indicate malfunctions. Please contact Council if you see a light flashing on a pump station.
To report any problems with sewage, or if any of the above pumping stations lights are flashing, please contact:
| WestReef Services Ltd | Phone: | 03 789 7997 |
| Buller District Council | Phone:
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03 788 9117 (Westport Office) or 03 788 9119 after hours |
| Phone: | 03 732 8821 (Reefton Office) or 03 732 8092 after hours |
