Wastewater - Fees & Charges
Horowhenua District Council's fees and charges for the 2024/2025 financial year, from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, are available below. These fees and charges were consulted on as part of the Long Term Plan 2024-2044 (LTP) and were adopted by Council on 12 June 2024.
All fees are stated as GST inclusive and are effective from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Council reserves the right to review any fees and charges at any time. Please check with Council for any updates.
Fees and Charges for 2025/2026
Fees and charges for the 2025/2026 financial year, from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, are also available below. These fees and charges were adopted by Council on 14 May 2025. They will be effective from 1 July 2025.
Where unusual circumstances justify, eg more than two connections, additional fees may apply. The application fee also includes water connections.
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2024/25 Fees
from 1 July 2024 |
2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025 |
| Application Fee - Per Connection / Disconnection (for water and / or sewer) up to two |
$220.50 |
$226.00 |
| Connection / Disconnection to Network |
Invoiced at cost |
Invoiced at cost |
Trade Waste
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2024/25 Fees
from 1 July 2024 |
2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025 |
| Trade waste discharge volume to Wastewater Sewer: Retic cost per m3 of flow for special |
$1.19 |
$1.20 |
| Suspended Solids (SS): Cost of treating SS per kg per m3 for special |
$1.25 |
$1.30 |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): Cost of treating COD per kg per m3 for special |
$0.55 |
$0.60 |
| Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN): Cost of treating TKN per kg per m3 for special |
$2.20 |
$2.30 |
| Inspection fees |
New fee |
At Cost |
| Annual Fee - Low Risk |
New fee |
$117.00 |
| Annual Fee - Medium Risk |
New fee |
$585.00 |
| Annual Fee - High Risk |
New fee |
$1,755.00 |
| Monitoring |
New fee |
At cost plus Admin fee |
| Consent Application - Low Risk |
New fee |
$234.00 |
| Consent Application - Medium Risk |
New fee |
$585.00 |
| Consent Application - High Risk |
New fee |
$1,170.00 |
Trade Waste Administrative Charges
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2024/25 Fees
from 1 July 2024 |
2025/2026 Fees
From 1 July 2025 |
| Trade Waste Administrative Charges |
2024/25 |
Proposed 2025/26 |
| Compliance monitoring Special (per hour plus consumables - see laboratory charges) |
$167.00 |
$171.00 |
| Compliance reinspection monitoring - fixed charge (low, medium and high risk) |
New fee |
$263.50 |
| Trade waste application fee (permitted) (includes the first 1.5 hours, $167 per hour thereafter) |
$251.00 |
fee removed superseded by low risk
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| Trade waste application fee (Special) (includes the first 2.5 hours, $175.50 per hour thereafter) |
$418.00 |
$439.00 |
| Inspection for non-compliance |
$251.00 |
remove fee superseded |
| Temporary discharge application and discharge fee (includes the first hour, $175.50 per hour thereafter, based on risk) |
$167.00 |
$175.50 |
| PIN fee for Wastewater Treatment Plant |
New Fee |
$92.00 |