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Sewerage networks for Waipiukurau and Waipawa. New connections. Building and sewers. Trade waste discharging.
Part 22: Wastewater Bylaw 2021
Sustainable Water Management Plan
The wastewater system collects wastewater from the residential, commercial and industrial areas of Waipukurau and carries the waste to the treatment facility on Mt Herbert Road. The pipe work ranges in size from 100 mm Ø up to and including 600 mm Ø and is made of a range of materials including glazed earthenware, uPVC, concrete, asbestos cement, steel and galvanised iron.
There are 524 manholes within approx. 41km of reticulation, 4 lift pump stations (Svenson, Redwood, Takapau & Harris), one main pump station (Mt Herbert), and 1920 connections within the system.
The sewage is collected at the main pump station on Mt Herbert Road, adjacent to the wastewater treatment plant. The sewage is pumped into a partitioned area of the oxidation pond where six aerators provide intense aeration.
At the bottom of this page you can open an illustrated description of the Waipukurau Wastewater Treatment Plant and how it works.
Visit #TheBigWastewaterStory project page to learn about the future of the Waipukurau's Wastewater Treatment Plant and Council's Long Term Plan to introduce Land Discharge and cease discharging treated wastewater into our rivers. https://www.chbdc.govt.nz/our-district/projects/the-big-wastewater-story/
The Waipawa Wastewater Scheme collects wastewater from the residential, commercial, and industrial areas of Waipawa and delivers it via a gravity sewer system to the pump station at the Oxidation Pond.
It has had numerous upgrades to enable it to meet the present and projected demands placed on it. The pipe work ranges in size from 100 mm Ø up to and including 450 mm Ø and made of various materials including earthenware, uPVC, concrete, and asbestos cement.
There are 186 manholes, 7 lamp holes, 23.2 km of sewer mains, and 845 connections within the reticulation.
The sewage gravity feeds to a pumping station adjacent to the oxidation pond off Pourerere Road, approximately 1.5 kilometres east of Waipawa. The sewage is then pumped up into the oxidation pond where an aerator has been installed in the facultative area of the pond.
Visit #TheBigWastewaterStory project page to learn about the future of the Waipawa's Wastewater Treatment Plant and Council's Long Term Plan to introduce Land Discharge and cease discharging treated wastewater into our rivers. https://www.chbdc.govt.nz/our-district/projects/the-big-wastewater-story/
You can request a new connection here
Note: Water Connections from the Council main, to and including the toby and/or meter manifold must be installed by a contractor approved by Council for the installation of water connections, at the applicant's expense.
New connections to the sewerage reticulation must be installed by a contractor approved by the Council.
Council does not endorse building over public sewers. Where there is no practical alternative, Council will consider it with the following conditions:
The operation and maintenance of the sewerage system and of wastewater treatment is managed by the Technical Services Department.=
Charges for the discharge of Trade Waste and conditions thereof are recovered under the Central Hawke's Bay District Council Trade Waste Bylaw 2021.
Part 23: Trade Waste Bylaw 2021
Learn more about the Trade Waste 2021 Project here: https://www.chbdc.govt.nz/our-district/projects/the-big-wastewater-story/trade-waste-project-2021/
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