What Do We Do Now? | Tasks | Why Do We Do It? | Our Service Levels
Waimate District Council operates a waste water collection and treatment system for the majority of the Waimate township.
Some outlying areas of Waimate township and all the smaller towns are not serviced.
The treatment plant and oxidation ponds were upgraded in 2002/03 to include screen, oxidation and maturation ponds with the treated effluent going to a land disposal field before entering the general environment.
The sewerage system comprises of:
- 28km of gravity sewer mains
- 15km of gravited sewer lateral connections
- 223 manholes or inspection eyes.
- One treatment plant.
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Tasks are the routine matters that Council will attend to every year, in order to maintain service levels set in agreement with our community.
- Maintain and operate a waste water reticulation system for the majority of Waimate urban area, including treatment plant, oxidation ponds and land disposal fields.
- Regularly monitor performance of its sewerage management system to protect against environmental pollution to comply with discharge resource consents.
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We protect the health of the community and environment by collecting, treating and appropriately disposing of treated wastewater. This assists business expansion and development by enabling higher property densities and averages the cost of treating and disposing of the treated effluent across the broader community. Council has a statutory requirement to ensure adequate network services.
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Response time to service failures:
- Urgent works 4 hours, remedied within 12 hours.
- Non-urgent works will be visited and remedied within 5 days.
- Comply with discharge resource consents.
- All customers advised at least 24 hours prior to a scheduled maintenance shutdown.
Contact: Water/Waste Water Engineer - +64 3 689 8079
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