Wastewater - Fees & Charges

Horowhenua District Council's fees and charges for the 2026/2027 financial year, adopted by Council on 27 May 2026, are available below.

All fees are GST inclusive and apply from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. Council may review fees and charges at any time. Please contact Council to confirm current fees.

About the 2026/27 Fees and Charges

Fees and charges help ensure costs are shared fairly between those who use specific services and the wider community, while supporting access to essential facilities and services.

To keep our services running smoothly, some fees and charges will increase from 1 July this year.

Fees and Charges are set each year and follow the approach set out in the Revenue and Financing Policy, agreed in the Long Term Plan 2024-2044. Council consulted on the fees proposed under the Resource Management Act 1991. Most of the Resource Management fees are not increasing, however three new fees were approved:

  • Two optional fees to help fund a fire appliance for growing areas that do not have access to a piped water supply
  • One new processing system fee.

The full Fees and Charges Schedule was publicly available throughout the consultation period.

At the Council Meeting on 27 May 2026, Council adopted the Fees and Charges for the 2026/27 financial year. They come into effect on 1 July 2026. The schedule can be viewed below.

Schedule of Fees & Charges for 2026/27(PDF, 939KB)

Where unusual circumstances justify, eg more than two connections, additional fees may apply. The application fee also includes water connections.

   2026/2027 Fees
(from 1 July 2026)
Application Fee - Per Connection / Disconnection (for water and / or sewer) up to two $232.50
Connection / Disconnection to Network Invoiced at cost

 

Trade Waste

  2026/2027 Fees
(from 1 July 2026)
Trade waste discharge volume to Wastewater Sewer: Retic cost per m3 of flow for special $1.20
Suspended Solids (SS): Cost of treating SS per kg per m3  for special $1.30
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): Cost of treating COD per kg per m3 for special $0.60
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN): Cost of treating TKN per kg per m3 for special $2.40
Septage - Tanker Loads per m3 $47.50
Inspection fees At Cost
Annual Fee - Low Risk $120.50
Annual Fee - Medium Risk $601.50
Annual Fee - High Risk $1,804.00
Monitoring At cost plus admin fee
Consent Application - Low Risk $240.50
Consent Application - Medium Risk $601.50
Consent Application - High Risk $1,203.00

Trade Waste Administrative Charges

  2026/2027 Fees
(from 1 July 2026)
Compliance monitoring Special (per hour plus consumables - see laboratory charges) $176.00
Compliance reinspection monitoring - fixed charge (low, medium and high risk) $271.00
Trade waste application fee (Special) (includes the first 2.5 hours, $175.50 per hour thereafter) $451.50
Temporary discharge application and discharge fee (includes the first hour, $175.50 per hour thereafter, based on risk) $180.50
PIN fee for Wastewater Treatment Plant $94.50
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