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          About Water Services
          Water Services is a department of the Operations Division of Council.  The Water Services Department is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Council’s utility assets. These include the Council’s eleven water supplies, three wastewater (sewerage) schemes, three stormwater networks and the stockwater network (including two piped stockwater schemes).

          More Information

          Please use the links to the right to find out more about the Council’s utility assets.

           

          If you need to contact the department for any reason please telephone 307 7700 during normal business hours or email: wsinfo@adc.govt.nz

           

          Other Services

          Plan Records

          The water services department has access to Council’s engineering records. If you need to find out more about the location of the water or sewer connection to your property please contact the department for assistance. If we have the details on file we can provide the information reasonably quickly.

           

          New Connections

          Council administers all new connections to its various utility assets. If you need a new water, sewer or stormwater connection then you are required to make application to the department. Some schemes have reached capacity or the network is limited and can not provide for property connections. Please refer to the table below for details for the availability of the networks.

          Piped Water Schemes

          In Area Connections Permitted

          Out of Area Connections Permitted

          Comments

          Ashburton

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Methven

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Rakaia

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Hinds

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Mt Somers

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Fairton

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Chertsey

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Hakatere (Upper)

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Mayfield

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Dromore

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Winchmore

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Methven / Springfield

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Montalto

          Conditional

          No

          Limited capacity

          Wastewater Schemes

           

           

           

          Ashburton

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Methven

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Rakaia

          Yes

          Conditional

           

          Stormwater Network

           

           

           

          Ashburton

          Yes

          No

           

          Methven

          No

          No

          On site disposal only

          Rakaia

          No

          No

          On site disposal only

          Hinds

          No

          No

          On site disposal only


          An application form can be downloaded here.
           

          Stockwater Network

           

           

           

          Methven / Lauriston

          Yes

          n/a

           

          Winchmore / Rakaia

          Yes

          n/a

           

          Montalto / Hinds

          Yes

          n/a

           

          Mt Somers / Willowby

          Yes

          n/a

           

           

          More information for stockwater service applications and application forms are provided on the stockwater page.

           

          Fees and Charges

          New Connection Fees

          Applications for new connections incur an Application and Inspection Fee and water connections also incur a Main Tapping Fee.

           

          Approved contractors are permitted to undertake service connection construction.  The scope of the work includes all construction work from the property boundary up to and including connection to the council main* (or channel for stormwater connections)

          Note-: Due to the requirement to protect the integrity of public water supplies, the physical work associated with live tapping of watermains shall continue to be undertaken by council’s maintenance contractor.  The cost of this work is covered by the main tapping fee.

          Please refer to the Fees and Charges page for Service Connection Fees.

           

          Development Contribution
          A Development Contribution is a contribution towards future upgrading of the water supply and wastewater schemes treatment facilities. These are generally only payable at times of subdivision when new lots are created but may be applied for developments which impact on the schemes. 

          They are currently set for the Ashburton, Methven, Rakaia, Hinds, Fairton and Chertsey Water supplies, and the Ashburton and Methven Wastewater schemes.

          Please refer to the Fees and Charges page for Development Contributions.

           

          Utility Assets
           


           Stockwater
           Stormwater
           Wastewater
           Water Supplies

          Links

           Draft Stockwater Fire and Solid Waste Bylaws



          Ashburton District Council PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740, New Zealand Telephone: +64 3 307 7700 Fax: +64 3 308 1836 Email: info@adc.govt.nz
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